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Pop Culture in the Name of Islam - Muslimah - 05-16-2006
http://www.dailymuslims.com/index.php?opti...1807&Itemid=238
YVONNE RIDLEY
Monday, April 24, 2006
I FEEL very uncomfortable about the pop culture which is growing around some so-called Nasheed artists. Of course I use the term ‘Nasheed artists' very lightly. Islamic ‘boy bands' and Muslim ‘popsters' would probably be more appropriate.
Eminent scholars throughout history have often opined that music is haram, and I don't recall reading anything about the Sahaba whooping it up to the sound of music. Don't get me wrong. I'm all for people letting off steam, but in a dignified manner and one which is appropriate to their surroundings.
The reason I am expressing concern is that just a few days ago at a venue in Central London, sisters went wild in the aisles as some form of pop-mania swept through the concert venue. And I'm not just talking about silly, little girls who don't know any better; I am talking about sisters in their 20's, 30's and 40's, who squealed, shouted, swayed and danced. Even the security guys who looked more like pipe cleaners than bulldozers were left looking dazed and confused as they tried to stop hijabi sisters from standing on their chairs. Of course the stage groupies did not help at all as they waved and encouraged the largely female Muslim crowd to "get up and sing along." (They're called ‘Fluffers' in lap-dancing circles!)
The source of all this adulation was British-born Sami Yusuf, who is so proud of his claret-colored passport that he wants us all to wave the Union Jacks. I'm amazed he didn't encourage his fans to sing "Land of Hope and Glory." Brother Sami asked his audience to cheer if they were proud to be British ,and when they responded loudly, he said he couldn't hear them and asked them to cheer again.
How can anyone be proud to be British? Britain is the third most hated country in the world. The Union Jack is drenched in the blood of our brothers and sisters across Iraq, Afghanistan, and Palestine. Our history is steeped in the blood of colonialism, rooted in slavery, brutality, torture, and oppression. And we haven't had a decent game of soccer since we lifted the World Cup in 1966.
Apparently Sami also said one of the selling points of Brand UK was having Muslims in the Metropolitan Police Force! Astafur'Allah! Dude, these are the same cops who have a shoot-to-kill policy and would have gunned down a Muslim last year if they could tell the difference between a Bangladeshi and a Brazilian. This is the same police force that has raided more than 3000 Muslim homes in Britain since 9/11. What sort of life is there on Planet Sami, I wonder? If he is so proud to be British, why is he living in the great Middle Eastern democracy of Egypt?
Apparently the sort of hysteria Sami helped encourage is also in America, and if it is happening on both sides of the Atlantic, then it must be creeping around the globe and poisoning the masses. Islamic boy bands like 786 and Mecca 2 Medina are also the subject of the sort of female adulation you expect to see on American Pop Idol or the X-Factor. Surely Islamic events should be promoting restrained and more sedate behavior.
Do we blame the out-of-control sisters? Or do we blame the organizers for allowing this sort of excessive behavior which demeans Islam? Or do we blame the artists themselves?
Abu Ali and Abu Abdul Malik, struggling for their Deen, would certainly not try to whip up this sort of hysteria. Neither would the anonymous heroic Nasheed artists who sing for freedom; check out Idhrib Ya Asad Fallujah, and you will know exactly what I mean.
Fallujah is now synonymous with the sort of heroic resistance that elevated the Palestinians of Jenin to the ranks of the resistance written about in the Paris Communeand the Siege of Leningrad. The US military has banned the playing of any Nasheeds about Fallujah because of the power and the passion it evokes.
If those Nasheeds had sisters running in the streets whooping and dancing, however, the Nasheeds may be encouraged because of haram activity surrounding them.
Quite frankly, I really don't know how anyone in the Ummah can really let go and scream and shout with joy at pleasure domes when there is so much brutality and suffering going on in the world today. The rivers of blood flow freely from the veins of our brothers and sisters from across the Muslim world. Screaming and shouting the names of musical heroes drown out the screams coming from the dungeons of Uzbekistan where brothers and sisters are boiled alive in vats of water. How many will jump up and down and wave their arms in the air, shouting wildly for justice for our kin in Kashmir, Afghanistan, Chechnya, Palestine, and Iraq? There are many more killing fields as well across the Asian and Arab world. Will you climb on theater chairs and express your rage over Guantanamo Bay and other gulags where our brothers and sisters are being tortured, raped, sodomized, beaten, and burned? Or will you just switch off this concerned sister and switch on to the likes of Sami Yusuf because he can sell you a pipe dream with his soothing words and melodic voice?
Oh, Muslims, wake up! The Ummah is not bleeding; it is hemorrhaging.
Listen not to what is haram. Listen to the pain of your global family.
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Pop Culture in the Name of Islam - PUPPET - 05-17-2006
All this , that is happening is a result of the Basic, simple , rulings of Shariah/Sunnah/Quraan being broken.
Pop Culture in the Name of Islam - PUPPET - 05-18-2006
Quote:That's right. People are rejecting islam's dogma and orthodoxy.
If that which i said is right then.....
I thought they were just committing a sin....
Pop Culture in the Name of Islam - radiyah - 05-18-2006
Bismillah
Quote:Sin or no sin, young muslim women enjoy the freedom that "secular" societies offer them and 'islamic majority" societies don't
The poor muslim women do not know it is haram, and a sin, so what is the difference now between foreign rocking groups and such a thing. And of course john u r so happy for what is happening, this is not islam wether u like it or not, or any other person in this world. This is what i was talking about in one thread about songs is haram or not, and i said it was not an important issue, what is important is what is happening in our ummah, the wars against it, the killing in afghanistan iraq and so on. Now i can say that it is important to reject such a kind of music, or nasheeds as they call. It will keep us away from the main purpose of our mission in this world, showing people the right path. And teaching them the principles of the their Relegion.
John, u and those who are similar to u, are of course very happy to c muslim women acting as so, u do not care about sins, u do not care if being drunk, u do not care if any1 commiting adultry or fornication , u do not care of anything but allowing everything that is bad to ruin the societies by seeing people are free, and i keep saying freedom of ones hand ends at the tip of my nose. one bad rotten apple ruins the whole box, and one tiny virus in your body if not healed kills u. Secularism calls for that kind of freedom which soon enough will ruin its societies bit by bit, to find soon enough there are no morals or ethics or respect for a human life. on the basis of your beleif, we can say that a man woke up today raged and have the feeling of killing someone or beating him, he can do that and say I AM FREE, and so on. or is the freedom u r calling for is only freedom of low morals. Such morals then will lead to crimes, a drunken man might rape his own daughter, kill her to hide his crime, and so on. A woman or man might kill his mate out of jealosy because he or she is free to have another relationship with another.... and so on. and all that actually is happeining in the secular societies. This is the freedom u r calling for, well wether u like it or not this is not freedom, this is destruction of societies and high morals.
I hope those who were angry with me about the song issue, will now understand what i was talking about. I also received an email, sometime back about the same issue, about nasheeds and bands with music and dancing and so on saying it is haram, and that what we need now is to help our brothers and sisters who aare being raped and slayen in the name of fake democracy and freedom.
John spare yourself the long answering back, because I already know what your answers will be, and do not try to help the poor muslim women, they do not need it. And stop the u2 issue, and interference in every muslim post.
Jazaky Allah khayr sister M for this thread. May Allah(SWT) wake up this Ummah, and return it back to what pleases Him, Ameeeeen.
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Salam
Pop Culture in the Name of Islam - PUPPET - 05-19-2006
No John you made quite the leap here and in every post. (esp this one from calling sinners , apostates)
You do not have the capacity to classify people as Apostates.
why are you calling people Apostates john
WHY why y
Pop Culture in the Name of Islam - Muslimah - 05-19-2006
Bismillah
Quote:Sin or no sin, young muslim women enjoy the freedom that "secular" societies offer them and 'islamic majority" societies don't.
salam john
Wrong, some of the Muslim women do that in the so called Muslim countries as well (such shows are not prohibited in most of the Muslim countries, Ricky martin is having one over here in Egypt by the end of this month for example). I mean they go to concerts and jump up and down of joy while listening to the glazing stars.
Thus, it remains a personal choice John for those who dont join such crowd and prefer to dedicate their time in useful activities or lawful entertainment as well as adhere to the Islamic mannerism which is actually a major issue. In Islam time is very precious and Allah Shall Ask us about it in the Day After. Being a Muslim woman is a source of pride and I will be only recognised as such when I behave as one.
<b>It is always a personal choice john whether or not one wants to engage in Haram activities.
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Pop Culture in the Name of Islam - Muslimah - 05-19-2006
Bismillah
Because as a muslim woman, we do care about our fellow Muslims (brothers and sisters), we do care that they perceive the honor they enjoy of being muslims, we do care that they realize that we must observe Islamic mannersim in every given situation.
however, what actually concerns me most in this regard, is that I heard Sami on TV interview for the Egyptian televion saying that his aim is to spread Islam through his work. In my opinion this is determinental to Islam. Islam cannt be taught except thru Quran and Sunnah. Nothing more.
Pop Culture in the Name of Islam - Muslimah - 05-22-2006
Bismillah
John no contradiction none whatso ever. I m not sure why u always reply back like u didnt read the post. Ok let me say this again.
Each one is free to choose their way either to obey Allah or not, however, being a part of the Muslim Ummah, we are concerned for each other. part of our duty (Dawa), is to help each other remember when we fail to comply, help each other come back to the correct path. Muslims are supposed to be one Ummah, i m sure by this time u r aware of this. That is why sometimes u do surprise me with your replies. It has nothing to do with their freedom, they can still choose of course. Just like u r made a choice.
Pop Culture in the Name of Islam - Muslimah - 06-01-2006
Bismillah
i m sure u did get my point, thus, no need for further clarification.
No john I didnt go to the concert, why would I waste my time which is precious and Allah Will Ask me how did I spend and invest it, and why would I waste my money over useless stuff that only gives temporary entertainment, when I can actually attain permanent satsifcation for free only be remembering Allah. Why would I like to be among such a crowd who were certainly out of control. In such a gatherin, there will certainly no remembrance of Allah.
Therefore John, to be concise, I would not go for a kind of entertainment that takes me far from Allah, I strive to get closer as much as possible.