Umm Layth is hosting the next Muslimahs Speak Up Carnival (on June 14th 2008), inshallah.
Deadline submission is June 8th.

What can you submit to the Muslimahs Speak Up Blog Carnival?

Anything that matters to you as a Muslim woman. I encourage you to write from your heart and be inspired. … Allow yourself this opportunity to speak up and be a part of this group effort to bring Muslim women together online.

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State of the Ummah, the Muslim blogging Carnival, is up and running again, woohoo! Thebit from Towards God is Our Journey has kindly taken up the mantle. We’re hoping it will float around the blogosphere, so if you’re interested in hosting it in the future, do email me.

This Carnival’s theme is: Beyond hatred and apologia: contemporary Muslim responses to sacrilegious treatments of Islam and the due date is 11:59PM, 6 March 2006, Greenwich Mean Time.

So, surf on over to check out the submission details.
If you don’t know what State of the Ummah, or a blogging Carnival is, then have a peek here.

If you want to promote State of the Ummah on your website, then feel free to use the State of the Ummah image. The more the word spreads around the Islamosphere, the more interesting posts there will be to read!!

WooohOoooo at the moment, there are TWO Carnivals out there for Muslim bloggers to get excited about.

Baraka is hosting the Progressive Faith Blog Carnival (you need to get your submitted posts in by 10 Feb 2006), and Sunni Sister has started up the Sister’s Space Blog Carnival (deadline 14 Feb 2006). I’m so excited the Muslims are starting to get into the Carnivals, so get writing peoples.

I did the first installment of State of the Ummah last year, but have not had the energy opportunity to run it again yet. Insha’Allah !

Drum roll, tadaaaaaa - time for the inaugural Muslim blogging carnival: State of the Ummah I. This is where you can find the best of Muslim blogging on the web. (For more info on how it works, surf here!)

Baraka from Truth & Beauty gives us True Romance: Reflections on earthly and divine love while watching Don Juan DeMarco & eating halal pepperoni pizza.

Al-Muhajabah from veiled4allah writes about the Explosions in London, with a massive round-up of relevant links showcasing Muslims’ responses to the July 7 errorist attacks in London.

Yakoub Islam of Free Submission posts: Unthinking the roots of terrorism, which asks ‘how is Harun Yahya linked to 7/7?’ An exploration of the links between Mohammad Arkoun’s concept of “unthought” and the recent terrorist attacks in London points to a lack of critical thought amongst the Muslim intelligentsia.

Umm Zaid from Sunni Sister gives us In the Balance, a passionate post trying to find balance between carrying out the laws of Islam and implementing the heart of Islam.

Safiyyah from SAFspace writes on When Bad Things Happen to Good People, a heart-breaking post about the undeserved pain, guilt and shame that accompanies the birth of a baby with disabilities.

Finally, Umm Yasmin from Dervish, takes the time to refute Irshad Manji’s latest media blitz in Tampering with the Text.

Stay tuned for the next installment of The State of the Ummah.