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# Muslim Hip-Hop
- URL: https://www.protein.xyz/muslim-hip-hop/
- Published: 2005-10-28T18:01:07.000Z
- Updated: 2016-06-04T10:18:46.000Z
- Description: Eager to reach Muslim youth before zealots do, reform-minded Islamic leaders and Western policymakers have begun to think about…
- Author: Protein
- Tags: Seeds, #protein, #Import 2024-06-11 13:15

Eager to reach Muslim youth before zealots do, reform-minded Islamic leaders and Western policymakers have begun to think about hip-hop as a useful tool in the battle against extremist Islam. "When you talk about engaging with young people, there's no better forum than loud music," says Fuad Nahdi, publisher of [Q-News](http://www.q-news.com/?ref=protein.xyz), a British Muslim magazine. "Hip-hop can harness the rage of young Muslims, and turn it into song." Britain's [Mecca2Medina ](http://www.mecca2medina.com/?ref=protein.xyz)began rapping at the suggestion of a sheik at their mosque. "Suicide bombing is not the answer!" they chanted to a Muslim crowd at a concert staged after the July 7 London bombings. As part of its efforts to promote democracy in the Arab world, the U.S. State Department last summer funded a project promoting young rappers in Morocco. There is talk of expanding it to other Muslim countries. \[Time via Agenda Inc\]