Blogging in the Muslim world

In my last posting, I talked about my four years of blogging. Of course, blogging is a worldwide phenomenon and there are now over 70 million blogs although many do not seem to last long.
The Muslim world is desperately in need of the freedom of speech and expression that blogging tends to encourage. But it is not easy being a blogger in the world of Islam as this online article from Der Spiegel makes clear.