Brass Crescent Awards
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The Brass Crescent Awards, started in 2004 by the websites alt.muslim.com and City of Brass, is an annual contest
that allows visitors to Muslim or Islam
-themed weblogs to vote for the best weblogs in various categories. Nominations and voting are conducted online at the awards website, brasscrescent.org.
Competition
Competition is a contest between individuals, groups, animals, etc. for territory, a niche, or a location of resources. It arises whenever two and only two strive for a goal which cannot be shared. Competition occurs naturally between living organisms which co-exist in the same environment. For...
that allows visitors to Muslim or Islam
Islam
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-themed weblogs to vote for the best weblogs in various categories. Nominations and voting are conducted online at the awards website, brasscrescent.org.
Purpose
The awards describe themselves in this way:
What are the Brass Crescent Awards? They are named for the Story of The City of Brass in the Thousand and One Nights. Today, the Islamsphere is forging a new synthesis of Islam and modernityIslam and modernityIslam and modernity is a topic of discussion in contemporary sociology of religion. Neither Islam nor modernity are simple or unified entities. They are abstract quantities which could not be reduced into simple categories. The history of Islam, like that of other religions, is a history of...
, and is the intellectual heir to the traditions of philosophy and learning that was once the hallmark of Islamic civilizationIslamic civilizationIslamic civilization may refer to:*Islamic Golden Age*Muslim world*Caliphate...
- a heritage scarcely recognizable today in the Islamic world after a century's ravages of colonialismColonialismColonialism is the establishment, maintenance, acquisition and expansion of colonies in one territory by people from another territory. It is a process whereby the metropole claims sovereignty over the colony and the social structure, government, and economics of the colony are changed by...
, tyrants, and religious fundamentalism. We believe that Islam transcends history, and we are forging history anew for tomorrow's Islam. These awards are a means to honor ourselves and celebrate our nascent community, and promote its growth.