However, in an Islamic legal framework the recitation is not music, and to call it so is insulting. The problem is that the term “music,” representing some combination of instruments and voice, does ...

And to perform in the court of the Muslim emir, thus serving as a bridge between Jewish and Muslim musical traditions. Highly flexible, instruments that traveled the Silk Road lent themselves to many ...

They have shuttered music schools and smashed or burned musical instruments and sound systems ... The Taliban authorities have encouraged former musicians to turn their talents to Islamic poetry and ...