Piety, Pluralism and Paradox: Muslim Musical Performance and Education in Britain
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Piety, Pluralism and Paradox: Muslim Musical Performance and
Education in Britain
Dr Carolyn LandauLeverhulme Early Career Fellow
Department of Music, King’s College [email protected]
AHRC/ESRC RELIGION and SOCIETY PROGRAMMENew Forms of Public Religion
5th to 7th September 2012St John’s College, Cambridge
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http://www.londoncouncils.gov.uk/londonfacts/londonlocalgovernment/londonmapandlinks/default.htm
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“‘Islamic Revival’ (al-Sahwa al-Islamiyya) is a term that refers not only to the activities of state-oriented political groups but more broadly to a religious ethos or sensibility that has developed within contemporary Muslim societies.”
Mahmood, S. (2005) Politics of piety: the Islamic revival and the feminist subject, Princeton, N.J.; Oxford, Princeton University Press, p.3.
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“...is manifested in a greater religious piety and practice, a growing Islamic community infrastructure and the configuration of a distinctive Islamic public sphere enabled by media and communication technologies.”
Jouili, J. (2009) 'Music 'for the sake of Allah': Islamic Pop in the UK'. Unpublished conference paper. Migrating Music: Media, Politics and Style, SOAS University of London, 10 – 11 July 2009.
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Yusuf Islam, “I look, I see”
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jK36FTQX27Q
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Sami Yusuf, “Hasbi Rabbi”
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpYVyEoXEGs
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http://www.exhibitionroad.com/where
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http://www.akdn.org/
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http://www.akdn.org/aktc_music.asp
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http://www.theismaili.org/go/ice
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http://www.zamanafoundation.org/
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• “a richly-woven tapestry, reflecting numerous geographies, languages, cultures and centuries...This pluralistic heritage is continually celebrated even as its spirit is harnessed to the contemporary world.” (http://www.theismaili.org/go/ice).
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Ismaili Community Ensemble (audiovisual examples):
• http://www.theismaili.org/cms/1024/About-the-Ismaili-Community-Ensemble-UK
• http://www.theismaili.org/cms/1106/Music-Ismaili-Community-Ensemble-UK