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 call to prayer (the religious ...

The famous Sufi poet Rumi (13th century ... 1985): 3-36. Nasr, Seyyed Hossein. “Islam and Music: The Legal and Spiritual Dimensions”, Enchanting Powers: Music in the World's Religions, edited by ...

Famous Islamic singer Rukayat Gawat-Oyefeso is dead ... READ ALSO: Famous Nigerian music video director laments failed kidney transplant Late Rukayat albums include ‘Imole’, ‘My Father ...

You probably won't find "Dawlat al-Islam Qamat" on the many lists of the year's best music. But the song has defined the year quite literally in life and death, and marked the emergence of a quasi ...

By Sophie Ding Zayn said he no longer identifies as Muslim in a new interview with British Vogue. Zayn, described as someone who was routinely touted as “Britain’s most famous Muslim,” said ...

Many famous Islamic music artists include Sami Yusuf, Zain Bhikha, Native Deen and Dawud Wharnsby who all have their own original style and aim to promote Islam in the best way they can through ...

With the rise of groups like the Islamic State now seeking to promote ... the rapper Akon has weaved his religious beliefs into his music. In his song "Senegal," he raps, "So what you know about ...

Well according to Dr. Hussein Rashid of Hofstra University each bear witness to the Islamic Contribution to American Music. This was the title of his lecture at my law school alma mater ...

Some qawwali songs praise God directly, or the prophet Muhammad, or Ali (who became the first imam of the Shiite branch of Islam), or one of the Sufi saints. Other songs describe the poet's ...

Earlier today, news of the singer's demise circulated online after it was first shared on Facebook by cleric, Alfa Aribidesi At-Tawdeeh Islamic Da’awah. Confirming the news on his X account ...