Re: MUSLIM HATE FOR MUSIC



In article <1135959357.201908.172260@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"infidel" <summeroverwinter@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Iran bans Western music
>Ruling takes country back to Khomeini days
>TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has banned
>Western music from Iran's radio and TV stations, reviving one of the
>harshest cultural decrees from the early days of the 1979 Islamic
>Revolution.
>Songs such as George Michael's "Careless Whisper," Eric Clapton's
>"Rush" and the Eagles' "Hotel California" have regularly accompanied
>Iranian broadcasts, as do tunes by saxophonist Kenny G.
>But the official IRAN Persian daily reported Monday that Ahmadinejad,
>as head of Iran's Supreme Cultural Revolutionary Council, ordered the
>enactment of an October ruling by the council to ban Western music.
>"Blocking indecent and Western music from the Islamic Republic of Iran
>Broadcasting is required," according to a statement on the council's
>official Web site.
>Ahmadinejad's order means broadcasters must execute the decree and
>prepare a report on its implementation within six months, according to
>the newspaper.
>"This is terrible," said Iranian guitarist Babak Riahipour, whose music
>was played occasionally on state radio and TV. "The decision shows a
>lack of knowledge and experience."
>Music was outlawed as un-Islamic by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini soon
>after the revolution. ...

?? Is that the holy dude who wrote the book about Islamic-style duck,
gost, and sheep fucking?

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