As we celebrate our 63rd Republic Day, let’s take a look at some Muslim contribution to patriotic songs in India over the years. The list is not exhaustive and considers only the more popular…
Nagore is famous for Sufi saint Syed Abdul Qadir popularly known as Qadir Vali. Syed Abdul Qadir born in Manikpur in present day UP in the year 1504 (910 hijri). Around the age of 18 he left home…
(Two disabled students sing a song during a music therapy session at the Kahrizak nursing home, in southern Tehran June 25, 2011/Morteza Nikoubazl)
As Sadeq Jafari switched on his electric piano, his students shunted their wheelchairs enthusiastically around him to rehearse new songs. Music therapy, a common practice in large parts of the world, is extremely rare in Iran, where conservative clerics outlawed pop music after the country’s 1979 Islamic revolution. Jafari, 33, is one of a handful of therapists in the Islamic state who use music to help severely disabled people find their voices, risking the ire of his conservative family and censure from religious authorities.
Kahrizak Charity Foundation, in a leafy campus on the outskirts of the capital Tehran, is home to hundreds of physically handicapped people, young and old, who lack financial support. Each Monday, dozens wait impatiently for Jafari to walk through the door.
“I haven’t learned music in an academy, but through practice and experience,” Jafari told Reuters in an interview. “My initial goal was to make them get out of bed.”
Jafari grew up in a religious family which found all forms of music unacceptable. His relatives initially cut ties with him, but their stance softened when they saw the impact of his work on the lives of his patients.
(Iranian music therapist Sadeq Jafari (C) plays the keyboard for his disabled students at the Kahrizak nursing home, in southern Tehran June 25, 2011/Morteza Nikoubazl)
Iran’s musical restrictions have eased over the past decade and pop music has become increasingly common in some parts of society. But the idea of female artists singing or dancing in front of male audiences is still completely taboo.
“We have been told that music is haram (not religiously acceptable) … I used to be so depressed, but now I have high morale,” said 35-year old Masoumeh Salim Sediqi.
via MRead the full story by Ramin Mostafavi here.
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When many Muslims search for a fatwa to show that music with instruments (except for the duff for some occasions) are halal or permissible…they usually end up disappointed. “OH NO!!! HOW CAN I STOP LISTENING TO THE SPICE GIRLS OR BACKSTREET BOYS!!! AHH” (Yes…I know I am stuck in the 90s…lol!). To be honest, I don’t even understand why people listen to half the songs they sing along to cough*rap*cough.
Are you saddened to find out that you cant listen to your 50 cents, Snoopy, Micheal Jackson, Britney Spears, Tiesto, Tool (don’t ask me why I know these bands…I do have friends). WELL DON’T CRY!!!! Help is on your way!
Time for you to put some Shatry, Shuraim, Afasy, Sudais, Budair, Mu’ayqili, Luhaidan, maybe even some Nasheeders into YOUR BLOOD!!!!!!!!
SO HERE! I compiled you a bunch of videos just to show the beauty you can find OUTSIDE OF YOUR MUSIC WORLD!
This is what you TRULY call Music to the ears!!!!!!!:
Al-AFASY (WOOOOT! MY FAVORITE!!!)
LUHAIDAN (OH YEAH! THIS IS WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT!!!)
BUKHATIR (ENGLISH NASHEEDER–this is what I call nasheed singers)
If you are interested in any of these recitation/ nasheeders, lend me a comment so then I will put up some sites!
I make this post only to help myself and the people who I love dearly for the sake of Allaah, only hoping to attain the best in the akhirah.
Jazaakum Allaahu Khair (May Allaah reward you with good)
December 11, 2007
Aadil aka. Crazy Muslim
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