mail your oppinions about MYNA RAPS and other hot topics to info@mynaraps.com.
Please include "discussion" in the heading. We will post them on this
site, inshallah.
Are you interested in helping out with MYNA RAPS or Muslim youth work in general?
Do you have a song, rap or poem that is totally hot and you would like to have
it featured on the next MYNA RAPS? If so please contact Abdul-Malik Ahmad and
he can put you in contact with the right people. We are desparately looking
for new talent for the future MYNA tapes to give it a genuine youth flavor.
We are looking also to train youth to develop and produce the next MYNA-RAPS
tapes. For more information email MYNARAPS at the address below:
The brothers who have written songs for the past MYNA RAPS have formed the
group "Native Deen" and can come to your masjid, community center
or school and provide quality Islamic entertainment. For more information go
to www.nativedeen.com
Music is something unique to every culture and group of people. It defines
their experiences and can provide a powerful means of bring people to Islam
as seen through the works of Yusuf Islam, Dawood Warnsby Ali, MYNA tapes, Sons
of the Crescent and others (all have used musical instruments and sounds in
one way or the other). Allah says: "Say: who has prohibited Allah's beautiful
things which He created for His servants and good provisions?" Music can be
a powerful tool if used correctly. There is no doubt that music and songs about
haram activities is not allowed in Islam. But before we make a judgment on singing
and instruments for Islamic purposes one must look at the arguments for and
against the use of Instruments. Click here to read more.