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Originally Posted by Ansar Al-'Adl Hi,
I don't think anyone ever suggested that every movie and song was immoral and rendered its viewer/listener immoral. Sure, there are parts of the stream that aren't contaminated, but once you step in to swim, you're bound to come in contact with the foul pollution, which we all know exists. |
Yes it does, but when I hear a Britney Spears record, or anything else equally horrendous, I switch it off. To suggest people stay away from all music with instruments simply because some of it is filthy/wrong/horrible seems extreme to me. People should be allowed to exercise their own judgement.
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So the argument of music being a vital and great form of art that Muslims lack, is really ethnocentric.
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Is it? I listen to nasheeds and recitations of the Qur'an. Perhaps not in the same way you do - but they are not restricted or forbidden to me. I can, and do, listen to any form of music or sound that I wish. Yet you suggest that Muslims should not listen to Western music, because you do not find it a satisfactory substitute for the audio artefacts of your own culture. Am I really the one being ethnocentric?
Peace