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  2. Islam and music - Wikipedia

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    ISSN 1825-621X. Since the birth of Islam the permissibility of music and singing has been debated. Not only the lawfulness of the performer but also of the audience was discussed. Advocates and opponents alike traced the legitimacy of their position back to the Quran and the hadiths, the sayings of the Prophet.

  3. Nasheed - Wikipedia

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    Nasheed. A Nasheed ( Arabic: نَشِيد, romanized : nashīd, lit. 'chant', plural Arabic: أَنَاشِيد, romanized: anāshīd) is a work of vocal music, partially coincident with hymns, that is either sung a cappella or with instruments, according to a particular style or tradition within Sunni Islam . Nasheeds are popular throughout ...

  4. Qawwali - Wikipedia

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    Qawwali at Ajmer Sharif Dargah. Qawwali ( Urdu: قوّالی; Hindi: क़व्वाली; Bengali: ক়াওয়ালী; Punjabi ਕ਼ੱਵਾਲੀ; ) is a form of Sufi Islamic devotional singing originating in South Asia. Originally performed at Sufi shrines or dargahs throughout South Asia, [1] it is famous throughout Pakistan ...

  5. Islamic music - Wikipedia

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    Islamic music may refer to religious music, as performed in Islamic public services or private devotions, or more generally to musical traditions of the Muslim world. The heartland of Islam is the Middle East , North Africa , the Horn of Africa , Balkans , and West Africa , Iran , Central Asia , and South Asia .

  6. Arabic music - Wikipedia

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    Arabic music ( Arabic: الموسيقى العربية, romanized : al-mūsīqā al-ʿarabīyyah) is the music of the Arab world with all its diverse music styles and genres. Arabic countries have many rich and varied styles of music and also many linguistic dialects, with each country and region having their own traditional music .

  7. Sufi music - Wikipedia

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    Sufi music refers to the devotional music of the Sufis, inspired by the works of Sufi poets like Rumi, Hafiz, Bulleh Shah, Amir Khusrow, and Khwaja Ghulam Farid . Qawwali is the best-known form of Sufi music and is most commonly found in the Sufi culture in South Asia. However, music is also central to the Sema ceremony of the whirling ...

  8. Rebab - Wikipedia

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    Rebab. Rebab from Yemen. The rebab ( Arabic: ربابة, rabāba, variously spelled rebap, rubob, rebeb, rababa, rabeba, robab, rubab, rebob, etc) is the name of several related string instruments that independently spread via Islamic trading routes over much of North Africa, Middle East, Central Asia, Southeast Asia, and parts of Europe. [1]

  9. Music of Iran - Wikipedia

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    Iran's symphonic music, as observed in the modern times, was developed by the late Qajar and early Pahlavi periods. In addition to instrumental compositions, some of Iran's symphonic pieces are based on the country's folk songs, and some are based on poetry of both classical and contemporary Iranian poets.