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| Book by Salman Ahmad: 'Rock & Roll Jihad' |
| Rock star Salman Ahmad desribes his encounters with angry mullahs and oppressive dictators who wanted all music to be banned from the Islamic Republic of Pakistan |
| 10 February 2010 |
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| Music & Islam - what's the big fuss? |
| In Pakistan and Afghanistan, the Taliban continues to attack musicians and music shops, but what is the position on music in Islam? |
| 10 February 2010 |
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| CD: 'Listen to the banned' |
| Compiled by the artist Deeyah and Freemuse, this CD compilation album is published on 3 March 2010 by Norway's most successful music label, Grappa Records |
| 25 January 2010 |
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| Mexico: Eight musicians arrested |
| Ramon Ayala and Lupe Tijerina, two of the most famous accordionists in Northern Mexico, were arrested together with six other musicians on 11 December 2009 |
| 06 January 2010 |
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| Uganda: Two songs banned for ‘defamation’ |
| Two songs by musician Mathias Walukagga was banned from being played or distributed as from 3 November 2009, and the singer was imprisoned for three days |
| 06 January 2010 |
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| Iraq: Violence against singers continues |
| In Iraq, the clerics have conflicting opinions about music prohibition, writes Wisam Tahir from Nasiriya in an article published in The Herald Scotland |
| 09 December 2009 |
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