The National Post – February 15, 2011 A Saudi-trained Canadian, Bilal Philips is among a small group of lecturers who preach against most forms of music — a controversial prohibition that surfaced in Manitoba recently, where a dozen Muslim families want to pull their children from music class. While Mr. Philips argues that Islam does…
News Agencies – February 5, 2011 A dozen Muslim families who recently arrived in Canada have told Winnipeg’s Louis Riel School Division that they want their children excused from compulsory elementary school music and co-ed physical education programs for religious and cultural reasons. “This is one of our realities in Manitoba now, as a result…
The British and American governments’ latest weapon in the fight against al Qaeda isn’t a missle or an intricate piece of technology, but a long-haired rocker named Salman Ahmed. Ahmed is the lead singer of rock band Junoon, a band that is using music to urge students to choose electric guitars over extremism. Ahmed, who…
In his recent documentary “Muezzin,” Austrian filmmaker Sebastian Brameshuber follows a number of Turkish muezzins during their participation in a yearly-held competition to find the best muezzin in Turkey. He interviews them on their roles as fathers and teachers, while pursuing the main question of the relationship between music and speech.
In his recent documentary “Muezzin,” Austrian filmmaker Sebastian Brameshuber follows a number of Turkish muezzins during their participation in a yearly-held competition to find the best muezzin in Turkey. He interviews them on their roles as fathers and teachers, while pursuing the main question of the relationship between music and speech.
