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Your favourite religion blogs

Thanks for your great response to the 30 Most Influential Religion Blogs and your suggestions of blogs that shouldn't be missed. Here's a list of ones your favourites and a few Pagan ones by request.

1. Freethinker
Blog from "the voice of Atheism since 1881" with comments on religious events in the news from a suitably atheistic perspective.
Representative quote: "The Catholic Church in the UK is so full of itself these days, claiming vast numbers of fresh recruits – mainly from among new, young Polish immigrants coming to this country in ever increasing numbers."

2.Muslamics
Attempting to dispel some misnomers about Islam and Muslims this blog is by people who are proud of their faith and want to reclaim the language of it.
Representative quote: "Religion- Islam at least- is not a means to restrict your life so that you exist in a mud hut, its about being able to do things- live- in the way prescribed by God."

3. The Anchoress Online
By a "shy sort of person" who adopts an anonymous persona to comment on questions of faith.
Representative quote: "If this is the worst flooding in the UK in 60 years, what was going on 60 years ago that caused it back then?"

4. Ummah Pulse
Defending faith in the Qu'ran with analysis of news about and affecting Muslims.
Representative quote: "For those unfamiliar with the classic pursuit of Mullah-Bashing, here is a primer to this most quintessential of arm-chair arts."

5. Relapsed Catholic
A copywriter on Religion and philosophy with a conservative Catholic stance.
Representative quote: Wait for the inevitable "retraction" from the Curia, saying, "Oh no, he wasn't supposed to say that." ]

30 Most influential religion blogs

Bloggers about religion blog religiously so Faith Central has compiled a list of the most influential among them. In no particular order, this is intended to evolve, so let us know your suggestions.

1. Informed Comment
Blog from the president of the Global Americana Institute, on religion and the Middle East.
Representative quote: Most of the militants appear to be ethnic Pushtuns and from the neo-Deobandi school of South Asian Islam that also produced the Taliban.

2. Austrolabe
Aussie Muslims discuss world events in a wide ranging and engaging blog.
Representative quote: "If you were a terrorist who wanted to harm Australians, would you pay $250,000 and jump through all the immigration hoops, or would you just get a tourist visa?

3. Jew School
Blog by Jews, about Jews, for Jews, interesting and compelling.
Representative quote: Judaism is explicit that there is one law for everyone - what is fair law for Jews is what we should also be dealing out to those among us who are not Jews.

4. Articles of Faith
Ruth Gledhill, Religion Correspondent of The Times', fantastic blog offering expert comment and analysis of religious events. Incisive and prolific.
Representative quote: Our own University and College Union brings shame upon this country with the indefensible academic boycott currently under consideration.

5. Spirit Daily
OK, not strictly a blog, but the closest thing we have to The Drudge Report.
Representative quote: "Bizarre claim of Second Coming"