Ernesto Ikerd <IkerdEA@lmtas.lmco.com> wrote:
quoted 13 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..
I believe what got the Islamics' robes in a bunch
was the use of *words* from the Koran; Muslimgauze
didn't pillage the holy book (AFAIK) for extra propaganda
power on his releases.
But this discussion makes me wonder if any Palestinians
ever heard Muslimgauze's music and if it ever helped
their cause. I mean, did his music even *make it*
to those Arab countries? Did he ever play any benefit
shows there? And, totally gratuitously, I ask, would
they consider Muslimgauze's beats "(Ara)phat"?
Dave Segal
Managing Editor/Alternative Press
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