In the name of God, most Gracious, most Compassionate.
A brother and I have been discussing about starting a joint-blog to write and debate issues ranging from Islam, literature, history, etc., and relate them to how they affect Muslims in the west.
One of the reasons we choose our name –frankincense– was to show that something can be called by one name yet still retain it’s core composition. Frankincense is better know in the Muslim world by its Arabic name, al luban, but the west know it as frankincense because it was re-introduced into Europe by the Frankish Crusaders returning from the Muslim world.
Recently, I’ve been thinking about how a blog serve’s multiple purposes: Ranging from a outlet to vent personal rants/thoughts, to a forum of discussion on community issues, to a journalist reporting on a war from the frontlines. It’s all there on the blogosphere.
I have another blog but its more personal, in the sense that I often write about things on my mind without regard to clearly expressing those viewpoints across to others.
