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Tuesday 28 May 2013
Women & Music; Meet the first all-Emirati, all-girl rock band
It's a common enough scene, as the song has been a standard entry on the playlists of countless heavy rock bands for decades.
However there is nothing ordinary about the five musicians pumping out those familiar chords. They are Random Stars: the first Emirati all-girl rock band. Read more>>>
Saturday 9 February 2013
Kashmir's first all-female rock group disband following threats
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An all-female rock band in Kashmir has decided to disband following threats of violence on social media and a fatwa from a senior local Muslim cleric.
The three teenage members of Pragaash (which translates as Light) told local reporters in India's only Muslim majority state that they were sorry if "the people" were unhappy with their music and that, in order to respect the religious ruling issued by Grand Mufti Mohammad Bashiruddin at the weekend, would no longer play.
The cleric, who has a history of controversy, had said Pragaash, the first all-female rock band in the contested state, was against "Islamic teachings" and suggested that such "behaviour" contributed to rising sexual assaults in India.
"Muftisaab has said our music is un-Islamic. We respect him and the people of Kashmir … and their opinion. That is why we have quit,'' one unnamed band-member, whose face was obscured in broadcast footage, told Times Now television.
The affair has revealed deep tensions in Kashmir, which was split between India and Pakistan when the two nations gained independence from Britain in 1947. As elsewhere in India many young people in the state are adopting lifestyles which challenge the values and authority of conservatives.
The Kashmir cultural clash comes in the aftermath of the rape and murder of a 23-year-old physiotherapist in December in Delhi. The full trial of the five men accused of the crime opened on Tuesday at a newly established "fast track court" in the Indian capital. A juvenile will face separate proceedings.
Both Hindu and Muslim conservatives blamed the attack on "westernisation", outraging those who believe a widespread and deeply rooted culture of misogyny is a major factor behind the current wave of sexual violence in India.
But the situation in Kashmir is complicated by other factors including the inroads made by more rigorous strands of Islamic practice, often influenced by hardline thought in Pakistan and the Gulf, in recent decades. Previously Kashmir, which has a long tradition of female singing and music-making, was known for its folksy, tolerant religious culture. A vicious insurgency in the state through the 1990s and into the following decade, caused tens of thousands of deaths. Now violence is rare but a new puritanism is still strong.
The decision of Pragaash has also raised broader fears over freedom of expression in India. In the last two weeks an exhibition showing nudes was forced to close temporarily by Hindu rightwingers, a spy film dealing with Islamic terrorism was banned in the state of Tamil Nadu, the Indian-born author Salman Rushdie was barred from Kolkata and criminal complaints were registered against an academic who claimed those who rank lowest among India's caste system were responsible for most corruption.
One minister spoke of an atmosphere of "competitive intolerance".
"The challenge for us as a society is got to be to find the right balance that leans more towards freedom and not towards repression," said Shashi Tharoor, minister for human resource development and a writer.
But the Indian government has repeatedly been criticised by campaigners for its efforts to control online activity as well as for frequently failing to protect the outspoken.
"Freedom of expression is still seen as something of a western idea and not a priority for the Indian state. Secularism [in India] … means not the absence of religion but the accommodation of many gods. If there is the slightest risk of antagonising ... voters, then who cares about artists?" said Manu Joseph, a novelist and commentator.
Last year Rushdie, whose 1988 novel The Satanic Verses led to a fatwa from the Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini calling for the murder of the author, was forced to pull out of the Jaipur literary festival after threats from Muslim groups.
The members of Pragaash have, however, received support from the elected chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Omar Abdullah, who has ordered police to trace those who posted threats of violence against the band, formed three months ago, on Facebook.
"Shame on those who claim freedom of speech via social media and then … threaten girls who have the right to choose to sing," he tweeted. "I hope these talented young girls will not let a handful of morons silence them.". (Guardian-uk)
An all-female rock band in Kashmir has decided to disband following threats of violence on social media and a fatwa from a senior local Muslim cleric.
The three teenage members of Pragaash (which translates as Light) told local reporters in India's only Muslim majority state that they were sorry if "the people" were unhappy with their music and that, in order to respect the religious ruling issued by Grand Mufti Mohammad Bashiruddin at the weekend, would no longer play.
The cleric, who has a history of controversy, had said Pragaash, the first all-female rock band in the contested state, was against "Islamic teachings" and suggested that such "behaviour" contributed to rising sexual assaults in India.
"Muftisaab has said our music is un-Islamic. We respect him and the people of Kashmir … and their opinion. That is why we have quit,'' one unnamed band-member, whose face was obscured in broadcast footage, told Times Now television.
The affair has revealed deep tensions in Kashmir, which was split between India and Pakistan when the two nations gained independence from Britain in 1947. As elsewhere in India many young people in the state are adopting lifestyles which challenge the values and authority of conservatives.
The Kashmir cultural clash comes in the aftermath of the rape and murder of a 23-year-old physiotherapist in December in Delhi. The full trial of the five men accused of the crime opened on Tuesday at a newly established "fast track court" in the Indian capital. A juvenile will face separate proceedings.
Both Hindu and Muslim conservatives blamed the attack on "westernisation", outraging those who believe a widespread and deeply rooted culture of misogyny is a major factor behind the current wave of sexual violence in India.
But the situation in Kashmir is complicated by other factors including the inroads made by more rigorous strands of Islamic practice, often influenced by hardline thought in Pakistan and the Gulf, in recent decades. Previously Kashmir, which has a long tradition of female singing and music-making, was known for its folksy, tolerant religious culture. A vicious insurgency in the state through the 1990s and into the following decade, caused tens of thousands of deaths. Now violence is rare but a new puritanism is still strong.
The decision of Pragaash has also raised broader fears over freedom of expression in India. In the last two weeks an exhibition showing nudes was forced to close temporarily by Hindu rightwingers, a spy film dealing with Islamic terrorism was banned in the state of Tamil Nadu, the Indian-born author Salman Rushdie was barred from Kolkata and criminal complaints were registered against an academic who claimed those who rank lowest among India's caste system were responsible for most corruption.
One minister spoke of an atmosphere of "competitive intolerance".
"The challenge for us as a society is got to be to find the right balance that leans more towards freedom and not towards repression," said Shashi Tharoor, minister for human resource development and a writer.
But the Indian government has repeatedly been criticised by campaigners for its efforts to control online activity as well as for frequently failing to protect the outspoken.
"Freedom of expression is still seen as something of a western idea and not a priority for the Indian state. Secularism [in India] … means not the absence of religion but the accommodation of many gods. If there is the slightest risk of antagonising ... voters, then who cares about artists?" said Manu Joseph, a novelist and commentator.
Last year Rushdie, whose 1988 novel The Satanic Verses led to a fatwa from the Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini calling for the murder of the author, was forced to pull out of the Jaipur literary festival after threats from Muslim groups.
The members of Pragaash have, however, received support from the elected chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Omar Abdullah, who has ordered police to trace those who posted threats of violence against the band, formed three months ago, on Facebook.
"Shame on those who claim freedom of speech via social media and then … threaten girls who have the right to choose to sing," he tweeted. "I hope these talented young girls will not let a handful of morons silence them.". (Guardian-uk)
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Wednesday 25 July 2012
It's Jumuah "Friday" (Raef Cover)
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IT'S JUMUAH - LYRICS
5AM Waking up for Fajr
Got to make Wudu, got to pray my Sunnah
Got to make Ghusl, got to clip my nails
Looking outside, the sun is rising up in the sky
Everybody's rushing
Got to get down to the masjid
Got to say "Salam!" to the Imam
Sitting in the first Saff (row), chilling in the back Saff (row)
Got to make my mind up... Do what the prophet did!
It's Jumuah! Jumuah!
Got to make dhikr on Jumuah,
Everybody's looking forward to His mercy, mercy
Jumuah! Jumuah!
Got to make dhikr on Jumuah,
Everybody's looking forward to the Ajr
Miswaking!, Miswaking!
Miswaking!, Miswaking!
Pray, Pray , Pray, Pray
Got to read Surat Al-Kahf
12:45 the Imam's on the minbar, talking about something like "Fiqh Az-Zakat"
They're whispering, chatting from the crowd, don't they know that it's haram
I stand up, you stand up, prayer's about to start "Qad, Qaamat es-Salaah"
Foot to foot! shoulder to shoulder! Just don't step on me!
Sitting in the first Saff (row), chilling in the back Saff (row)
Got to make my mind up... Do what the prophet did!
It's Jumuah! Jumuah!
Got to make dhikr on Jumuah,
Everybody's looking forward to his mercy, mercy
Jumuah! Jumuah!
Got to make dhikr on Jumuah,
Everybody's looking forward to the Ajr
Miswaking!, Miswaking!
Miswaking!, Miswaking!
Pray , Pray, Pray , Pray
Got to read Surat Al-Kahf
It's Jumuah Jumuah
Got to make dhikr on Jumuah,
Everybody's looking forward to His mercy, mercy
Jumuah! Jumuah!
Got to make dhikr on Jumuah,
Everybody's looking forward to His mercy
IT'S JUMUAH - LYRICS
5AM Waking up for Fajr
Got to make Wudu, got to pray my Sunnah
Got to make Ghusl, got to clip my nails
Looking outside, the sun is rising up in the sky
Everybody's rushing
Got to get down to the masjid
Got to say "Salam!" to the Imam
Sitting in the first Saff (row), chilling in the back Saff (row)
Got to make my mind up... Do what the prophet did!
It's Jumuah! Jumuah!
Got to make dhikr on Jumuah,
Everybody's looking forward to His mercy, mercy
Jumuah! Jumuah!
Got to make dhikr on Jumuah,
Everybody's looking forward to the Ajr
Miswaking!, Miswaking!
Miswaking!, Miswaking!
Pray, Pray , Pray, Pray
Got to read Surat Al-Kahf
12:45 the Imam's on the minbar, talking about something like "Fiqh Az-Zakat"
They're whispering, chatting from the crowd, don't they know that it's haram
I stand up, you stand up, prayer's about to start "Qad, Qaamat es-Salaah"
Foot to foot! shoulder to shoulder! Just don't step on me!
Sitting in the first Saff (row), chilling in the back Saff (row)
Got to make my mind up... Do what the prophet did!
It's Jumuah! Jumuah!
Got to make dhikr on Jumuah,
Everybody's looking forward to his mercy, mercy
Jumuah! Jumuah!
Got to make dhikr on Jumuah,
Everybody's looking forward to the Ajr
Miswaking!, Miswaking!
Miswaking!, Miswaking!
Pray , Pray, Pray , Pray
Got to read Surat Al-Kahf
It's Jumuah Jumuah
Got to make dhikr on Jumuah,
Everybody's looking forward to His mercy, mercy
Jumuah! Jumuah!
Got to make dhikr on Jumuah,
Everybody's looking forward to His mercy
Monday 23 July 2012
Tell Me Why ?
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A song of love for every boy and girl
The sky is blue, the fields are green
And laughter is the language of the world
Then I wake and all I see is a world full of people in need
Tell me why,(why) does it have to be like this
Tell me why, (why) is there something I have missed
Tell me why, (why) cause I don't understand
When so many need somebody
We don't give a helping hand
Tell me why
Every day, I ask myself
what will I have to do to be a man
Do I have, to stand and fight
To prove to everybody who I am
Is that what my life is for?
To waste in a world full of war
Tell me why, (why) does it have to be like this
Tell me why, (why) is there something I have missed
Tell me why,(why) cause I don't understand
When so many need somebody
We don't give a helping hand
Tell me why (Tell me why)
Just tell me why (why, why, why)
Tell me why, (why) does it have to be like this
Tell me why, (why) is there something I have missed
Tell me why, (why) cause I don't understand
When so many need somebody
We don't give a helping hand
Tell me why (Why why, does the tigers run?)
Tell me why (Why why, do we shoot the gun?)
Tell me why (Why why, do we never learn?)
Can someone tell us why we let the forests burn
(why why do we say we care?) tell me why
(why why do we stand and stare?) tell me why
(why why do the dolphins cry?) tell me why
can someone tell us why we let the ocean die
(why why if we're all the same?) tell me why
(why why do we pass the blame?) tell me why
(why why does it never end?)
can someone tell us why we cannot just be friends
(why why do we close our eyes?)
(why why do we really lie?)
(why why do we fight for land?)
can someone tell us why cause we don't understand
why why?
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Thursday 10 February 2011
கவிதை; ‘மாற்றம் தேடும் மனிதர்கள் நாம்’
இஸ்லாம் பாடல் ,கவிதை , நடனம் , நகைச் சுவை , அழகு உணர்ச்சி என்று பல பரிமாணங்களை கொண்டது அல்லாஹ்வின் தூதர் பாடல்களை பாடினார்கள் பாடல்களை, கவிதைகளை பாடுமாறு கூறினார்கள் அழககை ரசித்தார்கள் நடனமாட அனுமதித்தார்கள் முஸ்லிம்கள் மகிழ்ச்சியாக இருக்கும்போதும்,துன்பமாக இருக்கும்போதும், குடும்பமாக, சமூகமா இருக்கும்போதும் பாடல்களை கவிதைகளை பாடினார்கள். அல்லாஹ்வின் தூதர் பற்றி அறிவிக்கப்படும் ஒரு ஹதீஸில்’ ஹபஸாத் தோழர்களுக்கு விளையாடவும் ரக்ஸ் என்னும் போர்ப்பறை நடனம் ஆடவும் தனது மஸ்ஜிதில் அனுமதி வழங்கினார். Read more>>>
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