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Al-Hayat Media Center (Arabic: مركز الحياة للإعلام) is a media wing of the Islamic State. [1] [2] It was established in mid-2014 and targets international (non-Arabic) audiences as opposed to their other Arabic-focused media wings and produces material, mostly Nasheeds, in English, German, Russian, Urdu, Indonesian, Turkish, Bengali, Chinese, Bosnian, Kurdish, Uyghur, and French.
A nasheed (Arabic: نَشِيد, romanized: nashīd, lit. 'chant', plural Arabic: أَنَاشِيد, romanized: anāshīd) is a work of vocal music, partially coincident with hymns, that is either sung a cappella or with instruments, according to a particular style or tradition within Sunni Islam.
Since then, more famous nasheeds would be released by Ajnad until its hiatus during 2020, when the last known nasheed released by then is "Gharibun Dammani Sha'uthul-Bawadi". In the beginning, munshideen (singers) like Al-Mo'taz bil-'Aziz sang for the foundation. Uqab Al-Marzuqi sang 3 nasheeds, 2 recorded under Ajnad and another under Al-Furqan.
Before converting to Islam he was a poet, and after converting he started writing Na'ats in honor of Muhammad. [4] His poetry defended Muhammad in response to rival poets who attacked him and his religion. [5] [6] Talaʽ al Badru ʽAlayna is a traditional Islamic poem known as nasheed recited to Muhammad when he moved to Medina in 622 CE. [7]
Still other Muslims believe that all instruments are allowed, provided they are used for acceptable or halal types of music and are not sexually arousing or un-Islamic. [25] Hence there is a long history of instrumental accompaniments to devotional songs, particularly in the Shia and Sufi traditions. [ 10 ]
Islamic music may refer to religious music, as performed in Islamic public services or private devotions, or more generally to musical traditions of the Muslim world. The heartland of Islam is the Middle East , North Africa , the Horn of Africa , Balkans , and West Africa , Iran , Central Asia , and South Asia .
Al-Furat Media Center, or Furat Media Foundation (Arabic: مركز الفرات للإعلام), is an Islamic State media organization established in January 2015. [1] [2] The Al-Furat Media Center produces video, audio, and reading materials in multiple languages; Russian, [3] Kazakh, Turkish, Kyrgyz, Tajik, and Indonesian, in addition to Arabic and English.
In the mid-1990s, Dawud began to work in the genre of English language nasheed (spiritual hymns of a folk/world-beat style, drawn from Qur'anic tradition). He has released over 10 popular albums of spiritual nasheed since 1993, including A Whisper of Peace , Colours of Islam , Road to Madinah and Sunshine Dust and the Messenger , all released ...