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Talk Islam and Muslimah Media Watch. Both are group blogs and both do a bang-up job of covering some of the more neglected issues relating to Muslims in the MSM. (I cross-post at TI.) TI’s posts tend to be shorter, but the discussions are really where the juice of the site is. You really see the diversity of the community in play. MMW deals with issues relating to women, and they have some great analytic minds at work. Next revision of islamicate will have their feeds on display.

Personal Aside

Where has islamoyankee gone? Well the short answer is that my father passed away a month ago – and while not totally unexpected – it has been a busy and crazy time. Today I blog again for three reasons: It’s been a month Tonight, I observe Laylat ul-Qadr (more on that in another post) Today is Blog Quake Day (more in another post) I’m back, and hopefully the rest of will be as well.

Back to the open letter

Two weeks ago I posted an open letter to Bush and Kerry. At the urging of the Velveteen Rabbi, I actually sent it – electronically – to both candidates. I thought I should give an update. I got an almost immediate response from the Kerry campaign, a canned letter that thanked me for writing, but that I should understand while they try to read everything they get, it may take weeks before anyone actually gets to my submission, and they may never respond. The Bush campaign never responded. They didn’t even bother with the automated message. I think that’s kind…