“This type of music is based on promiscuous and immoral lyrics, which is completely prohibited, and as such the door is closed on it.”
There may be more to this as well. Whenever I note that Islamic law forbids music (aside from nasheeds, a cappella songs encouraging jihad), I am excoriated as a greasy Islamophobe, but it’s nonetheless true:
Hadith Qudsi 19:5: “The Prophet said that Allah commanded him to destroy all the musical instruments, idols, crosses and all the trappings of ignorance.” (The Hadith Qudsi, or holy Hadith, are those in which Muhammad transmits the words of Allah, although those words are not in the Qur’an.)
Muhammad also said:
(1) “Allah Mighty and Majestic sent me as a guidance and mercy to believers and commanded me to do away with musical instruments, flutes, strings, crucifixes, and the affair of the pre-Islamic period of ignorance.”
(2) “On the Day of Resurrection, Allah will pour molten lead into the ears of whoever sits listening to a songstress.”
(3) “Song makes hypocrisy grow in the heart as water does herbage.”
(4) “This community will experience the swallowing up of some people by the earth, metamorphosis of some into animals, and being rained upon with stones.” Someone asked, “When will this be, O Messenger of Allah?” and he said, “When songstresses and musical instruments appear and wine is held to be lawful.”
(5) “There will be peoples of my Community who will hold fornication, silk, wine, and musical instruments to be lawful ….” — Reliance of the Traveller r40.0
“Mahraganat music ‘more dangerous than coronavirus’, says Egypt parliament spokesman,” Middle East Monitor, February 18, 2020:
The Egyptian Music Syndicate has banned musicians performing the popular music genre Mahraganat, Arabic for festival.
Born out of Egypt’s slums, it was the first genre of music to deal with issues affecting poor Egyptians with tracks like “the people want five pounds of phone credit” going viral.
Mahraganat, which was formed in the early 2000s when wedding DJs combined chaabi folk music and electronic dance music with reggaeton, grime and rap, long preceded the revolution, but after 2011 the artists received greater exposure.
On Valentine’s Day Mahraganat artists Hassan Shakoosh and Omar Kamal performed the popular Bent El-Giran (the girl next door) at Cairo Stadium, whose lyrics “I drink alcohol and smoke hashish” stoked the anger of authorities.
Following the performance the syndicate has instructed clubs, hotels and music venues not to host Mahraganat singers.
Hany Shaker, who is the head of the syndicate, warned “legal measures will be taken against anyone who violates this decision.”
“It is time for the state to give attention to the real arts, and support and back the things that deserve to represent the culture of Egypt. The state is backing the ban.”
Shaker added that the lyrics promote violence, drugs and alcohol.
In an interview with pro-regime TV presenter Amr Adeeb Shaker said: “This type of music is based on promiscuous and immoral lyrics, which is completely prohibited, and as such the door is closed on it.”
He added that Mahraganat performers are responsible for “moral decline.”
Spokesman for the Egyptian parliament has said that Mahraganat is more dangerous to Egypt than coronavirus….