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Ramadan blogging is alive and well this year… « Talk Islam

Also have to shout out 30 Days, 30 Mosques. Ramadan blogging is alive and well this year… « Talk Islam. Ramadan blogging is alive and well this year! I am doing a series called Longest Days, Shortest Month at my blog on Beliefnet, and Wajahat Ali is doing a series for Patheos called Spiritual Appetite. Also a few years ago Shahed Amanullah did a series at Beliefnet called Hungry for Ramadan. Anyone have other Ramadanblogging links to share?