Islamic law forbids music except a cappella nasheeds, that is, songs exhorting the believers to wage jihad.
“‘Imran bin Husain narrated that the Messenger of Allah(s.a.w) said: ‘In this Ummah there shall be collapsing of the earth, transformation and Qadhf.’ A man among the Muslims said: ‘O Messenger of Allah! When is that?’ He said: ‘When singing slave-girls, music, and drinking intoxicants spread.’” (Jami at-Tirmidhi 2212)
“It was narrated from Abu Malik Ash’ari that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘People among my nation will drink wine, calling it by another name, and musical instruments will be played for them and singing girls (will sing for them). Allah will cause the earth to swallow them up, and will turn them into monkeys and pigs.’” (Sunan Ibn Majah 4020)
“Narrated Aisha: Abu Bakr came to my house while two small Ansari girls were singing beside me the stories of the Ansar concerning the Day of Buath. And they were not singers. Abu Bakr said protestingly, ‘Musical instruments of Satan in the house of Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) !’ It happened on the `Id day and Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, ‘O Abu Bakr! There is an `Id for every nation and this is our `Id.’” (Sahih al-Bukhari 952)
Islamist mob attacks concert of Bangladesh’s biggest rockstar James at Faridpur. James has sung for Bollywood also. The mob wants no music or cultural festivals to be held in Bangladesh. James somehow managed to escape. pic.twitter.com/0yNeU0Us9h
— Deep Halder (@deepscribble) December 26, 2025
“Bangladeshi Singer’s Concert Called Off As Mob Attacks Venue, 25 Injured,” by Saurabh Gupta, NDTV, December 27, 2025:
Popular singer James’ concert was cancelled in Faridpur, around 120 kilometres away from Dhaka, amid attacks on artists, performers, and cultural institutions in Bangladesh.
According to local reports, the concert was scheduled to take place at 9:00 pm on Friday to commemorate a local school’s anniversary. A group of attackers tried to force entry at the venue and threw bricks and stones at the crowd. Locals said the students resisted the attackers, but eventually the concert had to be cancelled following instructions from local authorities.
Over 25 people have been reportedly injured in the incident.
Author Taslima Nasreen highlighted the incident and slammed the pattern developing in Bangladesh. In a post on social media platform X, she said, “The cultural center Chhayanaut has been burned to ashes. Udichi-the organization that was built to foster a secular and progressive consciousness through the promotion of music, theater, dance, recitation, and folk culture-has also been burned to ashes. Today, jihadists did not allow the renowned singer James to perform at an event.”…
The exiled author said, “Two days ago, Ustad Rashid Khan’s son Arman Khan also declined Dhaka’s invitation. He too made it clear that he does not wish to set foot in a Bangladesh inhabited by music-hating jihadists.”
James is a Bangladeshi singer-songwriter, guitarist, and composer.
He is the lead singer, songwriter, and guitarist of the rock band ‘Nagar Baul’. He has performed several hit Hindi film songs, such as ‘Bheegi Bheegi’ from the film ‘Gangster’ and ‘Alvida’ from the film ‘Life In A Metro’. He is very popular in Bangladesh, and the attack on his concert is an indication of how emboldened radical elements have become in Bangladesh.
In recent times, as hardline, Islamic radical mobs have taken over the streets in Bangladesh with the state turning a blind eye, cultural institutions like Chhayanaut, Udichi, artists, journalists, and newspaper offices have come under attack. The Muhammad Yunus-led interim government had failed to control mobs, and critics of the interim government allege that these incidents of violence and arson are being orchestrated to create a law-and-order situation so that elections scheduled in February are postponed.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Despite the name “James”, this guy is muslim. Full name – Faruq Mahfuz Anam James
As such, I don’t have a dog in this fight
shosh says
It is good for your dog he is not in this fight. Dogs are haram in islam,,,,meaning forbidden, unlawful, or sacred prohibition in Islamic law (Sharia) i.e. not allowed to live under sharia law. There is so much hatred in islam there is simply no room for anything else. Hatred is a raw all consuming emotional breakdown of the human psyche. I posted my statement on hatred on Google and this is what I got: ‘Your statement captures a core psychological truth: hatred is indeed a powerful, consuming force that distorts the psyche, stripping away empathy, fostering aggression, and causing significant mental and physical distress to the person experiencing it, often stemming from feelings of powerlessness or past hurts, and leading to obsessive thinking and a breakdown of well-being.”
Alkflaeda says
On a complete tangent – it has only just occurred to me that psychotherapy might be one of the professions that AI replaces.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Pretty fitting that your name rhymes w/ “whoosh” 😉
Alkflaeda says
One wonders if Muhammad was literally, as well as morally, tone deaf.
OLD GUY says
Yes lets cancel life so the Muslim/islamic people are not offended. Oh wait thats their plan for non-muslim/islamic followers to end our lives.
John Pepple says
Everyone here in the West who likes music should be against the Islamification of the West.
For that matter, so should everyone who likes dogs. And so should every woman who doesn’t want to be a second-class citizen. And so should every homosexual, and every secularist, etc. In fact, 99% of people here in the West should be against Islamification, yet it keeps on happening.
somehistory says
satan the devil doesn’t like wholesome fun had by normal humans. At least there were no bombs or bullets as has been the case in other places.