Week 3 – Jan 26: Muslim discourses on the legitimacy of music 2: ancient treatises and contemporary debates

Reference readings: Shehadi 1995: Part Two. Baily 2001: ch. 2

Due: presentation of assigned readings:

Robson 1938.

Macdonald 1901 & 1902 http://www.ghazali.org/articles/gz-music.pdf.

Beeston 1980.

Shiloah 1993: pp. 3-73.

Contemporary debates: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Flats/1716/music.html http://www.islamworld.net/music.html http://oum_abdulaziz.tripod.com/music.html http://www.alinaam.org.za/fataawa/MUSIC.HTM http://www.alminbar.com/khutbaheng/2031.htm http://www.islaam.net/display/display.php?category=23&id=400 http://www.muhajabah.com/music-fiqh.htm http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Olympus/9958/music.html http://www.mynaraps.com/music.htm http://www.central-mosque.com/fiqh/music1.htm http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?pagename=IslamOnline-English-Ask_Scholar/FatwaE/FatwaE&cid=1119503544202 http://www.submission.org/music.html http://www.freemuse.org/sw14339.asp http://www.irfi.org/articles/articles_351_400/is_music_prohibited_in_islam.htm http://muslim-canada.org/music2.html http://www.beautifulislam.net/halalharam/music.htm