Praise the Lord and give me a downbeat.....and one...and two... To paraphrase Lenin(?) Music is the opiate of the non-Muslim
Or was that Trotsky.....maybe Marx..Groucho, not Carl... Barry > You don't like Randy Travis or Alison Kraus ? > Not even Willie Nelson or Dolly Parton ? > Hmmmm. Are you sure you're a Protestant ? > > Banjo Billy > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- > > > In a message dated 9/8/2010 4:59:41 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > He had me until "Nashville" :-) > > > On Sep 8, 2010, at 2:59 PM, [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) > wrote: > > > > Jihad Watch > > > > _Iranian supremo: "Although music is halal, promoting and teaching it is > not compatible with the highest values of the sacred regime of the > Islamic > Republic"_ > (http://www.jihadwatch.org/2010/08/iranian-supremo-although-music-is-halal-promoting-and-teaching-it-is-not-compatible-with-the-highest.html) > > > > Whenever I have pointed out that Islam generally views music negatively > and that some schools of Islamic law even ban it outright, I get called an > "Islamophobe" -- so I guess Khameni is an "Islamophobe" as well. > There Is No Fun In Islam* Update from the Islamic Republic: "Music fails > to chime with Islamic values, says Iran's supreme leader," by Saeed Kamali > Dehghan in _The Guardian_ > (http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/aug/02/iran-supreme-leader-music-islam) > , August 2 (thanks to all who sent this in): > Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said today that music is > "not compatible" with the values of the Islamic republic, and should not > be > practised or taught in the country. > In some of the most extreme comments by a senior regime figure since the > 1979 revolution, Khamenei said: "Although music is halal, promoting and > teaching it is not compatible with the highest values of the sacred > regime of > the Islamic Republic." > Khamenei's comments came in response to a request for a ruling by a > 21-year-old follower of his, who was thinking of starting music lessons, > but > wanted to know if they were acceptable according to Islam, the > semi-official > Fars news agency reported. "It's better that our dear youth spend their > valuable time in learning science and essential and useful skills and > fill their > time with sport and healthy recreations instead of music," he said. > Unlike other clerics in Iran, whose religious rulings are practised by > their own followers, Khamenei's views are interpreted as administrative > orders > for the whole country, which must be obeyed by the government. Last month > Khamenei issued a controversial fatwa in which he likened his leadership > to > that of the Prophet Muhammad and obliged all Iranians to obey his orders. > Khamenei has rarely expressed his views on music publicly, but he is > believed have played a key role in the crackdown on Iran's music scene > following > the revolution. When Khamenei was president, he banned western-style > music, forcing many stars to go into exile. > Houshang Asadi, a former cellmate of Khamenei before the Islamic > Revolution said: "He hated the music from the beginning." > "There were times I sang a song by Banan (a popular vocalist) for him and > he told me to avoid music and instead pray to God", said Asadi, who > shared > a cell with Khamenei for four months in Moshtarak prison in Tehran in > 1976 > and stayed friend with him for several years after the revolution. "The > only music he liked was revolutionary and religious anthems," said Asadi. > After the reformist President Khatami took office in 1997, official > attitudes towards music and especially pop began to thaw. > After his election in 2005, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad cracked down on > music. His ministry of culture and Islamic guidance has refused > permission > for the distribution of thousands of albums. Since last year's disputed > elections the authorities have given even fewer permits for public > concerts, > fearing they could be used by the opposition.... > > > * The Ayatollah Khomeini said that. > > Posted by _Robert_ (http://www.jihadwatch.org/) on August 3, 2010 > > > > > -- > Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community > <[email protected]_ > (mailto:[email protected]) > > Google Group: _http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism_ > (http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism) > Radical Centrism website and blog: _http://RadicalCentrism.org_ > (http://radicalcentrism.org/) > > > > > -- > Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community > <[email protected]> > Google Group: _http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism_ > (http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism) > Radical Centrism website and blog: _http://RadicalCentrism.org_ > (http://radicalcentrism.org/) > > > > -- > Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community > <[email protected]> > Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism > Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org > -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org
