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- Italy Kicks Imam Out Because He Told Children Listening To Music Is A Sin
Vicenza imam expelled after banning kids from listening to music A radical imam based at an Islamic community centre in the northern city of Vicenza has been expelled from Italy after it emerged that he had told pupils at a local primary school...
- If Music Be The Food Of Love, Stone Them
Seems that Muslims are still questioning Music. Is it or is it not haram? I say, listen to Dana Berger. Muslims ask: Dear scholars, As-Salaam `Alaykum. I am teacher in a public school and I would like to help my non-Muslim colleagues as well as my Muslim...
- Kuwait: No Music Classes For Kids, Music Is Satanic
Only if you play it backwards. From Eye on the World: The issue of music education has been a hot topic in Kuwait, with Islamist lawmakers pushing for a total ban on such studies in school. Mohammed Hayef, one such legislator, said music education would...
- Thursday Nooner!
My kids were very fortunate where music is concerned. All 3 play multiple instruments and our school district heavily promotes the music program. We have the largest marching band in the county and they are powerful to watch. Symphony orchestra concerts...
- "fundamentalist Elements" Suspected In Torching Of Music School In Jenin
In our sidebar, you see the quote from the Ayatollah Khomeini, proclaiming, "There are no jokes in Islam. There is no humour in Islam. There is no fun in Islam." And, you may wonder why we do so many music posts here at IBA. Well, one obvious reason is...
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Canada: Newly arrived Muslim families demand exemption from music and mixed-gender physical ed classes
In other words: "Hi! Thanks for having us. Here are are our demands." The response should be a brief language lesson -- free of charge -- consisting of the meaning of one word: No. And since it's Canada, they can learn about the French word, too: Non.
"Muslims want children excused from music, mixed phys-ed classes," by Nick Martin for the Winnipeg Free Press, February 5 (thanks to Najis Kafir):WINNIPEG -- A dozen Muslim families who recently arrived in Canada have told Winnipeg's Louis Riel School Division that they want their children excused from compulsory elementary school music and coed physical education programs for religious and cultural reasons."This is one of our realities in Manitoba now, as a result of immigration," said superintendent Terry Borys. "We were faced with some families who were really adamant about this. Music was not part of the cultural reality."It's not just "not part of the cultural reality." The hostility to music and musical instruments within Islam is rooted in the fact that, according to authoritative Islamic sources...
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- Italy Kicks Imam Out Because He Told Children Listening To Music Is A Sin
Vicenza imam expelled after banning kids from listening to music A radical imam based at an Islamic community centre in the northern city of Vicenza has been expelled from Italy after it emerged that he had told pupils at a local primary school...
- If Music Be The Food Of Love, Stone Them
Seems that Muslims are still questioning Music. Is it or is it not haram? I say, listen to Dana Berger. Muslims ask: Dear scholars, As-Salaam `Alaykum. I am teacher in a public school and I would like to help my non-Muslim colleagues as well as my Muslim...
- Kuwait: No Music Classes For Kids, Music Is Satanic
Only if you play it backwards. From Eye on the World: The issue of music education has been a hot topic in Kuwait, with Islamist lawmakers pushing for a total ban on such studies in school. Mohammed Hayef, one such legislator, said music education would...
- Thursday Nooner!
My kids were very fortunate where music is concerned. All 3 play multiple instruments and our school district heavily promotes the music program. We have the largest marching band in the county and they are powerful to watch. Symphony orchestra concerts...
- "fundamentalist Elements" Suspected In Torching Of Music School In Jenin
In our sidebar, you see the quote from the Ayatollah Khomeini, proclaiming, "There are no jokes in Islam. There is no humour in Islam. There is no fun in Islam." And, you may wonder why we do so many music posts here at IBA. Well, one obvious reason is...