On the question of music
Shaykh of Al-Azhar, Shaykh Jad al-Haq Ali Jad al-Haqwas asked a question through a letter published in the magazine Mimbar al-Islam (The Muslim Platform/Pulpit) Number…
Music
Maqamats, Sacred Geometry and the Celestial Worlds
For years I have tried to understand what the maqams are (or maqamats, known as nawbas in Morocco) and I hope these few words here don’t confuse…
Amir Khusrau founded the qawwali genre of devotional music.
New Delhi, Dec 18 (IANS) They come from Pakistan but carry eight centuries of the Indian capital’s Islamic musical history on their shoulders. The Karachi-based…
Muslims’ Contribution To The Growth Of Music In India
Music continued to flourish in medieval India in spite of the acquisition of political power by the Turks, Afghans and Mughals. It was patronized and thrived…
Muslim roots in Afro American music?
Sylviane Diouf knows her audience might be skeptical, so to demonstrate the connection between Islam and American blues music, she’ll play two recordings: The Muslim…