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East-West Travelblog: Taking ‘divine music’ out of the mosque

By Kimberly Winston — September 15, 2015
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (RNS) Christians have praise music. Muslims have nasyid -- a form of singing in which a phrase or word of praise is repeated, is super popular among Muslims -- especially young Muslims -- with concerts and festivals all around the world.

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

By Bob Smietana — July 3, 2013
(RNS) A group of young Muslim musicians arre combining hip-hop, country and pop music with an old Islamic song genre known as a "nasheed."
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