Rock & Roll Jihad Interview of Salman Ahmad on ABC, Oct 3 2010

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…

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Muslim rocker wields guitar in rock’n’roll jihad

He is a long-haired rocker who plays a mean riff and cites Led Zeppelin among his influences — and now he has been unveiled as the government’s latest weapon in the fight against Al-Qaeda. Salman Ahmad, a Pakistani musician whose band has sold more than 30m albums, is to urge Muslim students to choose an…

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