ASA, Please I want to know what type of music is allowed by sharia? Are this so called "Islamic hip-hop artists" practising Islam; how is the audiance sitted; are there Muslim girls in the group; etc? What is ISLAMIC HIP-HOP? Is this an inovation introduced by the Muslim's that are friends of the west? I believe all these questions should be addressed before they are encouraged to go "hip-hop" else there will not be a difference between them and the Cristains. Massallam Abubakar
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Islamic hip-hop artists are accused of > indoctrinating young against the West > > http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2448891,00.html > > By Sean ONeill > > HIP-HOP and rap artists are teaching young Muslims > the ideology of radical Islamism through songs about > the war in Iraq, the oppression of Muslims and the > creation of an Islamic state governed by Sharia, or > religious law. > > Intelligence agencies have identified music as a > tool for indoctrination. The phenomenon began with > an American group called Soldiers of Allah. The > group has since disbanded but its music and lyrics > remain popular on the internet. Other groups in > Britain, France and the US have been identified as > giving cause for concern. Many use the derogatory > term kufur to describe non-Muslims. > > Madeleine Gruen, an American intelligence analyst, > highlighted the lyrics of a British group called > Blakstone as a possible gateway to extremist > politics. Ms Gruen has studied how music, internet > forums, boardgames and fashion have been used to > radicalise youths. > > She said: The music is very persuasive because it > is giving young people ideas, and those ideas are > what might motivate someone to become a jihadi. The > material is all in English. Its spreading a radical > message to domestic populations that dont speak > Arabic or Urdu. > > Ms Gruen said that Blakstones lyrics echoed the > views of Hizb ut-Tahrir (HuT), the Islamist > political movement. > > Blakstone operates from an industrial estate in > Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey. The group could not be > contacted yesterday. In an interview last year, its > founder, Ahmed Ashley Welbeck said that the music > was about the underdog and offered a middle way > between Muslim tradition and street culture. > > Last night, a spokesman for HuT said that it had > no formal links with Blakstone or any other rap > groups.He said: Our message is out there, it is > very widespread and it is hardly surprising that > groups might pick up on it. HuT is a more > traditional political movement. We use conferences, > websites and leaflets, but rap music is not one of > our things. > > There is a lot of anger out there, especially > about the Iraq war. Our challenge is to channel that > frustration and anger into political activism. > > THE LYRICS SEEN AS A CALL TO ARMS > > Yesterday I was dreaming I dreamt of The State we > made, a place with purpose and meaning. I saw my > people they were smiling not grieving, I saw our > kids they were safe they were breathing . . . And no > more talk of war and of bombs to drop, under Allahs > Shade and Shield and fearing not. No more bleeding > due scheming dogs on thrones, whom plot with foes to > spread woes, the stench of rot. And thats how its > supposed to be. I look around and all I see today is > poverty and misery from systems ruling over me with > blasphemy. Their tool, kufur rule its a catastrophe > > From Close 2 Me, by Blakstone > > No Khalifah [Islamic state] Where are we heading? > Without Islam were stressing, implement Allahs > blessing, thats what I am addressing. Apart from > this kufur scheme. Bring Islam back to the scene. > Lets unite the Ummah [Muslim nation], following > only the Koran and the Sunnah. Even if all the > kufirs got together, they still couldnt stop this > Ummah. We love Islam More than we love life > > From Bring Back Islam, by Soldiers of Allah > > Comment: > This is really funny and makes the assumption that > Muslim youth are unable to think for themsleves and > easily influenced. Many western rap artists and > singers pass all sorts of ideas to the youth > examples like: > > Lyrics in "Anarchy in the UK" by the sex pistols: > > I am an antichrist > I am an anarchist > Don't know what I want but > I know how to get it > I wanna destroy the passer by cos I > I wanna BE anarchy ! > so dont worry > > Or Eminem: > > I make fight music for high school kids > I put lives at risk when I drive like this > I put wives at risk with a knife like this > (from Who Knew) > > Obviously its ok for Muslim youth to listen to the > above but unacceptable to listen to Islamic rap > artists and singers who use this medium to promote > Islam and take the youth away from corrupt > activities and motivate them to follow Islam. > > Over the last 7 years many Islamic artists have > emerged and > Blak-stone is just one of them. Find out for > yourself if they are a bad influence upon the youth > after all we should all think for ourselves as > opposed to following media spin and hype. > > http://myspace.com/blakstonemusic > > > > > > Send instant messages to your online friends > http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
