Islam and music

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Since the early Islamic era, there has been extensive debate across the Muslim world with regard to the nature and permissibility of music from the perspective of Islam. Many Islamic scholars believe that the Quran and sunnah (the sayings and lifestyle of Muhammad) prohibit creating or indulging in any form of music and associated arts, such as dancing; while others have asserted that some specific musical traditions are permissible. Nevertheless, music has thrived in the Muslim world, although it was historically often confined to palaces and private homes to avoid censure as prescribed by Islamic law. In many parts of the Muslim world, devotional/religious music and secular music is well developed. In recent decades, "the advent of a whole new generation of Muslim musicians who try to blend their work and faith" has given the issue "extra significance" in Islamic discourse. Islamic art and music flourished greatly during the Islamic Golden Age in the Abbasid Caliphate, and continued...

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