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R.I.P. To Imam W.D. Mohammed, son of Nation of Islam Founder Elijah Muhammad

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2008-09-09 22:15:00 by DJ Fusion/FuseBox Radio in BlackRadioIsBack.com - Bringing Quality Black Radio & Its Best Intentions 1 Step At A Time
...Islam through his leadership after a period in the Nation of Islam in the 1970s and the split between the Nation of Islam after Elijah Muhammad's death Another great and solid Black American leader with some strength and sense who wanted to not just help out his community in the States but beyond is now lost to the Earth (and for my Islamic...
 
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Covered In Folk: Cat Stevens / Yusuf Islam (Jack Johnson, Kristen Hersh, Gary Jules, Johnny Cash)

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2007-11-21 05:33:00 by boyhowdy in Cover Lay Down
...Islam in the late seventies, his songs remain firmly in the popular psyche, both as soft-oldies radio standards and as fodder for the interpretive skills of newer generations. Of the latter, the best cuts include those from the popworld, and they tend to hit the charts about once a decade; depending on who you ask, these might include 10,000...
 
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Sufi Soul: The Mystic Music Of Islam DVD

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2008-08-20 03:19:05 by WMCNewsDept. in World Music Central
...Islam is a ground-breaking & critically acclaimed documentary exploring the different regional practices within Sufism and its myriad styles of music. The film is now available on DVD. Sufi Soul: The Mystic Of Islam was filmed in four different countries, Turkey, Pakistan, Morocco & Syria, and directed by renowned TV documentary maker, music...
 
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Especially For Fathers Day - Ronan Keating Feat. Yusuf Islam - Father And Son

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2008-06-15 19:19:23 by Dave Parrack in Killed By The Video Star
...Islam original? I truly believe its a better version, and the moment when Yusuf appears sends shivers down my spine every single time The song speaks for itself, being heartfelt, and really intoxicating. Some songs evoke emotions in all of us, and this is one such example The video is very simple but also highly effective, showing as it...
 
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Yusef Lateef- Quest for the Exotic

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2008-08-28 11:56:49 by David Valdez in Casa Valdez Studios
...Islam. During the 1940's a Pakistani by the name of Kahil Ahmed Nasir was responsible for introducing many New York City Jazz musicians the Islamic teachings of the Ahmadiyya movement. Many of these musicians were more interested in the social aspects of Islam rather than the spiritual teachings. Some scholars actually trace the roots of the...
 
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Footsteps in the Light

2008-09-03 01:07:00 by Wednesday in Nonalignment Pact
 
...Islam identified Western culture with the works of Satan: they had seen the truth and were expressing it in the simplest of terms." - Paul Bowles, The Spider's House Mr. Islam I hadn't given much thought to Yusef Islam (formerly Cat Stevens) since I was about seventeen; that is until recently when I played his records for Clara. We own...
 
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Into the Mystic

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2008-09-30 17:34:51 by TOrr in World Music Central
...Islam (Riverboat Records TUGDVD001, 2008 Wijdan: The Mystery of Gnawa Trance Music (Possible Pictures/Mondomix MO103, 2007 The fanatical dark side of Islam gets a lot of media coverage nowadays, to the point where its easy to forget the genuinely spiritual, let alone aesthetic, aspects of the faith These two films, at once revealing,...
 
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BlackRadioIsBack.com Best 7 of 2007: 7 Interesting Books To Read That Came Out Last Year

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2008-02-01 15:32:00 by DJ Fusion/FuseBox Radio in BlackRadioIsBack.com - Bringing Quality Black Radio & Its Best Intentions 1 Step At A Time
...Islam, Hip-Hop and the Gods of New York by Michael Muhammad Knight There's a lot of slang in Hip-Hop culture and music that is said as naturally as breathing - Word Is Bond, Peace, God, Knowledge Of Self, etc. - especially from some of our classic Hip-Hop MCs. But where did these terms come from and why do folks use them? Was this just the...
 
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Paul Nice,Dangermouse,Arab Summit,Jazzy Jeff

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2008-09-11 04:00:00 by The Dynamic Hamza 21 in Domeshots and Fat Laces
...Islam in America without mentioning the leadership of Imam Mohammed. His place in American history is secure, and the impact of his ministry can be seen in the thousands of young adult Muslims who were raised making salat, fasting the month of Ramadan, performing the hajj, going to college and raising stable Muslim families As immigrants...
 
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