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Musical Interlude: Count All The Ways These Songs — A Baker’s Dozen — Would Be Unacceptable to Muslims

Oct 8, 2019 10:30 am By Hugh Fitzgerald

Le Nez de Cléopâtre:

Mon Legionnaire:

Mambo Italiano:

El Negro Zumbon:

Don’t Forget My Words:

Unsuccessful Rendezvous:

Tumbalalaika:

The Wine of Love:

The Very Thought of You:

When The Saints Go Marching In:

I Can’t Get Started:

We Just Couldn’t Say Goodbye:

Love Is Good For Everything That Ails You:

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  1. FYI says

    Oct 8, 2019 at 11:03 am

    What about these songs..are these acceptable?

    Nelly the Elephant
    {“Hast thou not seen how thy lord dealt with the owners of the Elephant” koran 105:1}

    Moon River
    No,impossible:the Moon was SPLIT IN TWO
    {“The Hour drew nigh and the moon was rent in twain” koran 54:1

    Fiddler on the Roof Soundtrack
    {Too Jewish obviously..}

    19
    {“In Vietnam he was nineteen”}
    No:”Above it are nineteen..” koran 74 v 31

    How much is that Doggy in the Window
    {No.I’m sorry:allah hates dogs}

    Liberty Bell{into to Monty Python}
    Isn’t there a Stamping Leg:could be insulting to allah with his ONE LEG

    when the sun goes down
    {Ok if the lyrics are changed to “…..in a MUDDY POOL”}

    The haTikvah
    {Out of the question!}

    • gravenimage says

      Oct 8, 2019 at 9:52 pm

      +1

    • Quazgaa says

      Oct 9, 2019 at 12:33 am

      If a picture is worth a thousand words, how many words are 13 youtube videos worth?

  2. DBM echo says

    Oct 8, 2019 at 11:08 am

    Rather than list the songs/music which Muslims would deem haram, it’d be far easier to list what music they deem halal.

    • gravenimage says

      Oct 9, 2019 at 8:20 pm

      Screeching Nasheeds with no instruments as a background to scenes of explosions and beheadings.

  3. mortimer says

    Oct 8, 2019 at 11:23 am

    DESTRUCTION OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS IN SHARIA LAW MANUAL (Reliance of the Traveller):

    Q5.6: Fighting the Wrong By Hand

    -2- and to break the instruments, for example, just enough to obviate their being used for disobedience and no more, or to be careful not to break the bottles when pouring out wine. If one cannot manage except by throwing rocks at the bottles or the like, then one may do so and is not obliged to cover the damages.

    Chapter R40.0: MUSIC, SONG, AND DANCE

    @R40.1: Musical-2- “On the Day of Resurrection, Allah will pour molten lead into the ears of whoever sits listening to a songstress.”

    -3- “Song makes hypocrisy grow in the heart as water does herbage

    -4- “This Community will experience the swallowing up of some people by the earth, metamorphosis of some into animals, and being rained upon with stones.” Someone asked, “When will this be, O messenger of Allah?” and he said, “When songstresses and musical instruments appear and wine is held to be lawful.”

    -5- “There will be peoples of my Community who will hold fornication, silk, wine, and musical instruments to be lawful….”

    All of this is explicit and compelling textual evidence that musical instruments of all types are unlawful (Kaff al-ra`a’ `an muharramat al-lahw wa al-sama` (y49), 2.269-70).
    Instruments

    (Ibn Hajar Haytami:) As for the condemnation of musical instruments, flutes, strings, and the like by the Truthful and Trustworthy (Allah bless him and give him peace), who

    “does not speak from personal caprice: it is nothing besides a revelation inspired” (Koran 53:3-4),

    R40.2

    (Nawawi:) It is unlawful to use musical instruments-such as those which drinkers are known for, like the mandolin, lute, cymbals and flute-or to listen to them. It is permissible to play the tambourine at weddings, circumcisions, and other times, even if it has bells on its sides. Beating the kuba, a long drum with a narrow middle, is unlawful (Mughni al-muhtaj ila ma`rifa ma`ani alfaz al-Minhaj (y73) m, 4.429-30).

    • Westman says

      Oct 10, 2019 at 3:38 am

      Muhammad’s reasoning was simple: Destroy delicate and deep relationships between men and women to one based sex; replacing them with booty women and a lusty paradise(jannah) to incentivize men to die in his armies.

      Eliminating music replaced romance with war and made it easier to keep Muslim women in an inferior status.

  4. Michael Tumillo says

    Oct 8, 2019 at 11:44 am

    It’s not like I really care if they like the songs in the first place. I find islam unacceptable, wicked and evil.

  5. Ian Barnett says

    Oct 8, 2019 at 11:52 am

    I wonder if ‘Christian Soldiers Marching Off to War’ would upset Muslim sensibilities???

    • Salome says

      Oct 8, 2019 at 10:11 pm

      Unfortunately, it’s also unacceptable to a lot of namby pamby social justice warrior Christians these days.

  6. CogitoErgoSum says

    Oct 8, 2019 at 1:33 pm

    A thing of beauty is a joy forever…
    An endless fountain of immortal drink,
    Pouring unto us from the heaven’s brink.
    — from “A Thing of Beauty is a Joy Forever” by John Keats.

    But why do beautiful things so often bring tears to my eyes? Could it be because I fear they will not last forever?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95f8EMq01KI

    • gravenimage says

      Oct 8, 2019 at 11:50 pm

      CogitoErgoSum–thank you for the poem, and for the beautiful link.

      • CogitoErgoSum says

        Oct 9, 2019 at 1:10 am

        Beauty is timeless and to look upon it makes time stop … as must happen in the presence of God (for those pure of heart).

  7. somehistory says

    Oct 8, 2019 at 1:44 pm

    I, for one, don’t care what moslims like or don’t like or find unacceptable. They don’t like anything worthwhile, and hate all that is good, clean, virtuous, wholesome, and pleasant.

    Beautiful music is a gift from the True God for the enjoyment of His children. Those who are blessed to compose and write, play and sing beautiful songs, have a special gift from our Creator.

  8. Phil Copson says

    Oct 8, 2019 at 1:46 pm

    Banned:

    “Five Guys Named Mo’ ” (Polytheism)

    “Fly Me To The Moon” (imitating Mo)

    “The Very Sight Of You” (Images of Mo)

    “I Got My Mo-Mo Working” (should be getting the dhimmis to do it)

    All records on “Tamla-Motown”

    Allowed:

    Anything by Hal-Al Bowley – especially “I Got A Date With An Angel” and “Love Is The Sweetest Thing – (The Oldest (54) and Yet The Youngest Thing (9)”

  9. James says

    Oct 8, 2019 at 2:45 pm

    Well you know, once they got things under control they would probably become more liberal, just like China and the Soviet Union. But of course how long would it take to get things under control. They were in Spain and India for centuries until they were driven out. Now they claim these countries till belong to them, they just have to take them back. Probably it will take a lot of bloodshed before it all settles down.

    • gravenimage says

      Oct 8, 2019 at 11:52 pm

      Afghanistan, Yemen, and Somalia are under Muslim control–and none of them are liberal.

  10. James says

    Oct 8, 2019 at 3:21 pm

    One thing though, there is music we associate with Islamic countries. Loreena McKennit uses these sorts of music in her performances, combined with new age and Celtic. How can that be? Is this music of the cultures the Muslims conquered and Islamized? Or do they allow a little music, like some of the Christian sects that do not approve of dancing, singing, having fun, drinking alcohol and enjoying life? Or is it something that goes on in spite of it? I think they have bands in the Near East and even play bagpipes. That is probably where the bagpipe came from, I guess. Portable so nomads can carry them along on the camel or llama or horseback? And one does see music. I was once in Afghanistan, and I remember seeing musical performers in a cafe. So I guess they must allow some music at least under Islam. It is sort of ironic that there have been musicals with Muslim themes. Alladin and also in the 50s Kismet, which had music from Borodin as the source of the music. Of course his inspiration may have been music in Central Asia, where the Muslim influence must have met and merged with native cultures. One of his pieces is called “In the steppes of Central Asia”.

    • gravenimage says

      Oct 8, 2019 at 11:53 pm

      Music in Muslim countries is in spite of Islam–and there is always fear of an Islamic crackdown, as indeed often occurs.

    • St. Croix says

      Oct 10, 2019 at 11:40 pm

      James, before Islam, the “Islamic” nations existed as cultures of their own, of course, with music and all the rest! Mohammed had to knock it out of them, like the love of alcohol, for example, that was a toughie to get them to accept. And music, that’s another that goes with Islam, but must surely go against the grain of ordinary people in those cultures, as it’s a natural expression of the human spirit. I believe Islam tries to crush anything which might make us more humane and might light the fires of truth within the human heart. Music moves people, and also counters the stern and angry disposition that is essential to carrying out the Islamic agenda. One ex-Muslim I heard speak was a founder of Hezbollah, and he was Iranian actually. He is now a Christian and has an amazing story of how he survived and his life changed. Now he educates people about the truth of Islam.

      He said he was in charge of teaching a few subjects within the group when they were training to be terrorists etc at the start of Hezbollah…and he taught the class on “anger” and “how to be angry” was a big part of it. As he said it takes a lot for a person to cut someone’s head off, you can’t do that normally, you have to work at developing the anger and mindset that will eventually make you capable of doing that kind of thing.

      https://youtu.be/Sc9yhzxSj3M

      • gravenimage says

        Oct 11, 2019 at 12:10 am

        +1

  11. E T says

    Oct 8, 2019 at 8:04 pm

    I dedicate my favourite song Brothers In Arms by Dire Straits to all the Muslim Brotherhood hoods.

  12. gravenimage says

    Oct 8, 2019 at 9:49 pm

    Musical Interlude: Count All The Ways These Songs — A Baker’s Dozen — Would Be Unacceptable to Muslims
    …………………

    What a treat, Hugh!

    Yes–none of these fun songs would be acceptable to pious Muslims.

    We have a great deal to defend in our great culture.

  13. gravenimage says

    Oct 8, 2019 at 11:56 pm

    Here’s my favorite Louis Armstrong song, What a Wonderful World:

    • Westman says

      Oct 10, 2019 at 3:16 am

      Great choice! Here is my favorite: Oscar Petersen turning a simple blues into a masterpiece:

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTJhHn-TuDY&feature=youtu.be

      It would give the Ayatollahs heartburn.

      • gravenimage says

        Oct 11, 2019 at 12:40 am

        Thanks, Westman!

  14. IanB says

    Oct 9, 2019 at 9:55 am

    Islam would condemn all the great beautiful Christian classics by Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frederick Handel, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Joseph Haydn, Ludwig van Beethoven – and many others – earlier sublime liturgical music by Palestrina, John Byrd, Claudio Monteverdi, Giovanni Gabrieli (and a hundred others of the Renaissance period) then later composers of religious works: Bruckner, Verdi, Dvorak, Elgar, Faure – and on into the 20th C: Olivier Messiaen, Gyorgy Ligeti, Arvo Part, James MacMillan.

    From the sublime to the riotously ridiculous however for my contribution to the YouTube collection:

  15. Jedothek says

    Oct 9, 2019 at 11:29 am

    I do not understand the lyrics of “The Wine of love” but I can comment on the title. One must be careful when generalizing about Muslims. It is the worst in any group that makes news. In the case of Muslims, this is the Salafists. But there are also the Sufis, persecuted though they are. They would have no problem with the idea of the wine of Love. E.g.,

    Through Love all that is bitter will be sweet,
    Through Love all that is copper will be gold.
    Through Love all dregs will turn to purest wine

    —Jalaluddin Rumi, translated by Annemarie Schimmel

    (Avoid Coleman Barks’ “translations” of Rumi; Barks is a fraud.)

    • gravenimage says

      Oct 9, 2019 at 8:24 pm

      Jedothek, it is not just Salafists–it is any pious Muslims. As for Sufis, they still embrace Jihad terror. They are not benign as too many seem to think.

      And most Muslims reject Rumi–he is more popular in the West than in any part of Dar-al-Islam.

  16. E T says

    Oct 9, 2019 at 8:05 pm

    Kiss me once, and kiss me twice and kiss me once again.

    Cuddle up a little closer lovey mine.

    Rod Stewart singing Hot Legs

    Oh dear no Leonard Cohen

    Elvis

    Chubby Checker, Shake it up baby now

    Take me out to the ball game

    I will not be able to convert, I love life, music and myself to much to join the cult, so hit the road JACK.

    • gravenimage says

      Oct 9, 2019 at 8:25 pm

      I especially love Leonard Cohen. Muslims would also hate him for being Jewish.

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