Young Muslim musicians marry faith, hip-hop, rock ‘n’ roll

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Bob Smietana | Jul 3, 2013

(RNS) In the early 1970s, singers such as the late Larry Norman transformed Christian music from hymns to rock ‘n’ roll by asking one simple question:

Why should the devil have all the good music?

Now a group of young Muslim musicians is doing the same for Islamic songs known as “nasheeds,” by combining hip-hop, country and pop music with the traditional message of their faith.

“Nasheeds are supposed to remind people of God,” said 22-year-old Mo Sabri of Johnson City, Tenn., one of the first Muslim singers with his own channel on Pandora.com. “If it has a good message, a song can be a rock song or have guitars and still be a nasheed.”

http://www.religionnews.com/2013/07/03/young-muslim-musicians-marry-faith-hip-hop-rock-n-roll/

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