Flames burst from the stage for a grand entrance, and fake fog swirls around a young man in a white robe. He clutches the microphone, gazes seriously into the camera and then, accompanied only by ...

If you saw him on the street, you might mistake him for a member of One Direction with his hair and his style — but his name is Harris J. The 18-year-old British singer scored a deal with Awakening ...

Music in its most basic form—vocalization—saturates Islamic society: the muezzin’s call to Friday prayer and the melodious recitation of the Quran are experiences with musical as well as devotional ...

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Regarded as one of the leading Islamic musicians in Nigeria, Rukayat Gawat, is a woman of substance who is passionate about women’s responsibilities in a home which she often makes obvious in her ...

Here are a few more things worth knowing about the documentary flick. Sufi Soul: The Mystic Music of Islam starring William Dalrymple, Abida Parveen has a Not Rated rating, a runtime of about 48 min.

Rap music is no stranger to controversy. From the get-go, it's been the medium through which artists have sounded off on everything from social injustice to verboten urges. Rap is where the political ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Pop singer Youssou N'Dour's 2004 album of Islamic music earned him a boycott by some Muslim fans, but in a new documentary about the album, "Egypt," he says the music has ...

In its telling, the story of a notorious lynching of Jews is not unusual. The storyteller, however, is: Abdurrahman Wahid, the former Indonesian president, and a leading Muslim scholar. In an ...

The 18-year-old British singer says his faith is a misunderstood one. He's hoping his music will help change that. Harris J: Pop Music Meets Islam If you saw him on the street, you might mistake him ...