Entry 11:

 SO, I may have completely misunderstood the assignment however, I have learned that the world is pretty much the same everywhere. Based off the blogs I got my info from and re-reading the issues, these are just two things thoughts I found to be very interesting.


It's not so much the aping of culture, except that in this case, much of the culture is unacceptable in essence. The idea of young Muslim girls putting up posters of Sami Yusuf in their bedrooms, screaming his name at concerts and so on is not a manifestation of Islamically acceptable behaviour. There's a need for Islamic entertainment to be Islamic in essence, not just in the words or images that appear.
Ultimately, while many will revel in this fun, and find it a place amongst their other music listening, what has this really done to address the serious issues within the soul of one for whom these idols are their be-all and end-all? It's not so much a ruling here, as a request for the exercising of wisdom.
Someone made a fantastic point recently, weren't the entertainers in days gone by, the lowest of the low, slaves, or paid servants? Yet today, it is the entertainers who enslave the watchers.

Posted by: Saracen | 04 May 2006 at 04:43 PM

 

As-Salaamu 'alaikum,
Lyrically, the songs are so basic and in your face. The best of Western music is poetic with a lot of the hidden meanings. There isn't that depth yet to the Islamic stuff.
That's actually the thing that grates on my nerves about just about every English-language nasheed that I've heard. Sometimes I've walked into an Islamic shop and wanted to run out when this sort of thing is turned on. I find the crudity of the lyrics (they sound like they are aimed at children, but shops play them to their mostly adult clients) just painful to listen to.

Posted by: Yusuf Smith | 04 May 2006 at 07:04 PM

Trendy Islam through Islamic mass media:

I am going with Option 1: The theme I chose was Inspiration. It's seems that no matter where you are people will always be inspired by what 's around them. I will be making a video of how America and the Islam culture is very similar in the ways of how the media inspires as well as influences alike. For example fashion, based on the article on the 1st blog source I found the everyone is inspired by everyone. The fashion photos that I found are very similar. Here's a photo I will modify for now but these are some photos that will be in the slide show.

theres more to come!