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2009-07-14 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Iran: Artist gets five year jail term for musical Koran

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Posted by Fred 2009-07-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Iran

#1 music is allowed if it does not result in provoking the faithful

Two thoughts.
(a) The faithful are easily provoked.
(b) How come they let Michael Jackson convert to Islam?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2009-07-14 06:58|| 2009-07-14 06:58|| Front Page Top

#2 The adnan - call to prayer - is musical. Kinda slow, but it is music.

Posted by Fleretch and Tenille7551 2009-07-14 15:42|| 2009-07-14 15:42|| Front Page Top

#3 F&T: sounds like the musician was satirizing or parodying sacral music. Doing it as a rap, probably, knowing the crap tastes of this modern, degenerate generation. In poor taste, but not a big deal unless you're living under a theocratic tyranny.

Oops.

Posted by Mitch H.">Mitch H. 2009-07-14 16:36|| http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/]">[http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/] 2009-07-14 16:36|| Front Page Top

#4 Sung to the tune of Gangsta's Paradise.

Posted by ed 2009-07-14 18:06|| 2009-07-14 18:06|| Front Page Top

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