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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 now, with that having been said, check out the music of Anouar Brahem.
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"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 we love music.
But, it's also because just as there is no humor or fun in Islam, there is, according to the Koran, little in the way of music in Islam either. (Let me be clear, I am not saying there is not Islamic music. There is, and I will post some a video by an Muslim musician, whose music I love, at the end of this post. But, let's be clear, his music is banned by the Koran.)
From Jihad Watch:
Where did they learn that, the Taliban? No. Muhammad said: "Allah Mighty and Majestic sent me as a guidance and mercy to believers and commanded me to do away with musical instruments, flutes, strings, crucifixes, and the affair of the pre-Islamic period of ignorance."Umdat al-Salik (Reliance of the Traveler) r40.1.
Mercy. Mercy, Mercy, Mercy. "Jenin music center torched," by Merav Yudilovitch for YNet News, March 18:
A Jenin music center operated by the Ramallah-based al-Kamanjati organization was set on fire Monday night. The center's directors said that they did not know who was behind the arson.
The center, which ordinarily provides various music lessons for some 80 children, will be forced to shut down due to the severe damage to the structure and the musical instruments.
Students arrive to the center from the Jenin refugee camp, the town of Jenin, and other neighboring communities.
A statement to the press issued by the center defined the fire as "a crime against humanity and against the right of the Palestinian children and Palestinian society to culture and education.
"Such acts will not deter us from continuing with our work, because music touches the soul and mind and helps them evolve, instead of materialism and walls."
Juliano Mer-Khamis, the founder and director of the Freedom Theater in Jenin, told Ynet: "This is part of an anti-cultural wave of arsons, from which we at the Freedom Theater also suffered." Mer-Khamis was referring to a recent failed attempt to set the theater ablaze.
"This feels like an assault on everything that represents culture and open thought. We at the theater received threats about a month ago, threats that were now realized at al-Kamanjati. There is a lot of tension here," he stated.
According to Mer-Khamis, the pressure has been mounting lately due to the recent boom in cultural endeavors in the area. In about six months a first cinema house is scheduled to open in Jenin, sponsored by the German government.
Some fundamentalist elements feel threatened by this, he said. "The Palestinian Authority is making great efforts to catch the perpetrators. I assume that they have a religious affiliation, although the imam of Jenin stands behind us.
"But there are quite a few elements, within Fatah as well, who believe that music and theater are a distraction. We've reached a critical junction, which I saw coming but feared from, and we will have to deal with it," he concluded.
And now, with that having been said, check out the music of Anouar Brahem.
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- Kuwait: No Music Classes For Kids, Music Is Satanic
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