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Muslim Americans Bridging Communities Through Art and Music. A number of Muslim Americans are using art as a point of connection, not discord, between Muslims and non-Muslims in the United States.
Ali Al Hadi is a Danish Muslim musician and singer at age of 25 which promises a bright future ahead of his career with the success he has already achieved so far. As a Muslim singer, his concern is ...
The singer is a contestant on a new Islamic version of "American Idol," launched to promote and drum up talent for one of the Arab world's newest Islamic pop music video channels.
But music is definitely something that’s not always traditionally accepted in Islam. That’s been a struggle for me since I was young—people telling me that I was going to go to hell or ...
Mehmet Ali Sanlikol wants to make one thing clear — all Muslims are not alike. Sanlikol is a Turkish-born Muslim American teacher and composer. He lives in Boston andhas been on The World before, so ...
Indeed, as the Islamic music industry grows, it is producing many new, exciting artists. London-born Saif Adam, 28, has worked with the likes of Ed Sheeran and Tulisa Contostavlos but is now ...
PALOS HILLS, Ill. (RNS) – A musical play explores the shared history of Islam, Africa and blues music through the eyes of an enslaved storyteller-musician.
Sami Yusuf is the biggest name in Muslim music – anywhere. His albums sell by the million. Yet his own country – Britain – is hardly aware of him. But all that could be about to change.
With President Trump’s determined attempts to restrict travel from six Muslim-majority countries, several concerts in cities around the United States have presented music from those regions. Some of ...
Music More Than You Think. During an event at Southern Methodist University, Dr. Hussein Rashid of Hofstra University explores the connections between Islamic and American music.
And that suits him just fine. The music he plays is about three chords and the truth, so there is no hiding the fact he’s a Muslim trying to make it in a genre that’s been resistant to change.