quoted 6 lines Btw, for the CD version, Byrne/Eno dropped "Qu'ran">Btw, for the CD version, Byrne/Eno dropped "Qu'ran"
>due to pressure from fundamentalist Islamic groups,
>who claimed it was blasphemous to use words from
>the Koran with this type of music. They replaced
>that track with "Very, Very Hungry." And everybody lived
>happily ever after. Amen.
Since you brought it up - Is there a type of music where the Koran is
open season?
So ambient music is blashphemous, but say - the distorted & overdriven
beats of Muslimgauze is Alla-riffic? I dont mean to be the American's
(great satan) advocate here, just all curious now..
ernie
Ernesto Ikerd, (817) 763-4795
Company Graphics, Dept 17, MZ-4202
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company
Fort Worth, Texas
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