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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Who was talking about the Gulf countries--the Arab world is much bigger than that and the Muslim world is even bigger.  Culturally, being a musician is not seen as a respectable profession in the Arab world.  If music is banned, it is banned.  And the fundamentalists who do this do not make exceptions for weddings or funerals.  All the ridiculous reasons for banning apply equally well to these occasions.

Singing is almost as deeply rooted in people as speaking.  Fundamentalists keep trying to work against human nature.  Mohammed did not do this or early Islam would never have succeeded.  He saw how deeply important the pagan pilgrimage was to the economy of Mecca and innate spiritual needs of the people in that area of the peninsula.  So he went on the pilgrimage himself, changing some things to root out the more obvious pagan aspects.  This was a major factor in swaying Mecca to accept Islam.  There was a man who understood human nature.

He never would have won over the Meccans if he'd banned the pilgrimage.  And he would have won over close to no one if he'd banned music and singing, not there is any evidence he was inclined to do so.[/quote]

Well not Arab but part of the Gulf, I don't believe the Shi'a Islam Government of Iran has banned music. The may restrict what you say though.  Not supporting the regime at all btw, just commenting.[/quote]

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