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The Politics of Islamic Pop

Aga Khan UniversityInstitute for the Study of

Muslim Civilisations, London

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Professor Jonas OtterbeckJonas.Otterbeck@aku.edu

Layers

• A background to Awakening• Maher Zain• The debut• The song Palestine will be free• Who are you musiciking with?• Ethics and politics

From The Awakening book, p. 1

• Awakening is a pioneering global Islamic media company that has

achieved outstanding success in music production and publishing. They

seek to educate and entertain within a framework which is innovative,

inspiring and influences social change. The Awakening team are

committed to a vision that fuses creative flair with Islamic values and

which promotes entrepreneurship in culture and arts in a contemporary

and dynamic manner.

RedOne has work withLady GagaNicki MinajU2Jennifer LopezOne DirectionShakira …among others

Thank You Allah (2009)

Sharif Banna 2012

• Civic engagement is not […] limited to political participation only. The prophetic

model is one that calls for engaging with all spheres of civic life. Our challenge as Muslims and citizens – wherever we may live – is to articulate a vision transcending identity-politics and move towards what may be termed – ‘Islamic humanism’. Our

Prophet was sent as a mercy to all of mankind. His was a message rooted in ethics and human dignity. In our quest to impart the radiance of this prophetic mercy on a

societal level, particular focus needs to be paid to areas such as good governance, environmental issues, social justice and combating materialism, poverty and illiteracy.

(al-Banna 2012)

Every day we tell each otherThat this day will be, will be the lastAnd tomorrow we all can go home freeAnd all this will finally endPalestine tomorrow will be free [x2]No mother no father to wipe away my tearsThat’s why I won’t cryI feel scared but I won’t show my fearsI keep my head highDeep in my heart I never have any doubtPalestine tomorrow will be free [x2]I saw those rockets and bombs shining in the sky like drops of rain in the sun’s light.

Taking away everyone dear to my heart. Destroying my dreams in a blink of an eyeWhat happened to our human rights?What happened to the sanctity of life?And all those other lies?I know that I’m only a childBut is your conscience still aliveI will caress with my bare handsEvery precious grain of sandEvery stone and every treeCos’ no matter what they doThey can never hurt youCos’ your soul will always be freePalestine tomorrow will be free [x2]

Palestine will be Free by Maher Zain

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foSbqLi6U10

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Trajectory’, in M. J. Stephan (ed.), Civilian Jihad: Nonviolent Struggle, Democratization, and Governance in the Middle East. New York: Palgrave/Macmillan.

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PublicationsThe Awakening of Islamic Pop, Edinburgh UP 2021

“Muslim Popular Music: An Enchanted Century” in Handbook of Contemporary Islam and Muslim Lives. Springer. 2021 with LeVine

“‘Music Version’ versus ‘Vocals-Only’: Islamic Pop Music, Aesthetics and Ethics.” Popular Music and Society. 2019. With Skjelbo

“Beautiful (Pop) Sounds”, Critical Muslim, 2018

“Islam and Popular Music” in Bloomsbury handbook for Religion and Popular Music, 2017. With Larsson

”The Sunni Discourse on Music” in van Nieuwkerk et al. (eds) Islam and Popular Culture, U of Texas P 2016

What is Islamic arts? And what makes art Islamic? The example of the Islamic discourse on music.” CILE Journal 1(1), 2014

The issue of music in Islamic theological discourse”, Contemporary Islam, 6(3), 2012

“Wahhabi ideology of social control versus a new publicness in Saudi Arabia”, Contemporary Islam, 6(3), 2012

“Battling over the Public Sphere: Islamic Reactions on the Music of Today”, Contemporary Islam, 2(2), 2008