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Islamic music

E27195

music genre religious music sacred music tradition

Islamic music encompasses the diverse vocal and instrumental traditions shaped by Islamic religious, spiritual, and cultural practices across the Muslim world.

Statements (99)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	music genre → religious music → sacred music tradition →
associatedWithReligion	Islam →
hasCharacteristic	didactic lyrics → moral instruction → praise of God → praise of the Prophet Muhammad → religious themes → spiritual themes → use of Arabic phrases → use of Quranic verses → use of supplications (du‘a) →
hasComponent	instrumental music → vocal music →
hasCulturalSphere	Islamic world →
hasDebateOn	permissibility of musical instruments → use of rhythm and melody in worship →
hasForm	Islamic chant → Islamic children’s songs → Islamic choral music → Islamic devotional pop → Islamic hip hop → Islamic rock → Qur’anic recitation → Sufi music → adhan (call to prayer) → dhikr chanting → hamd (poetry in praise of God) → ilhami music → madh (praise poetry) → madih nabawi → marsiya recitation → mawlid recitation → munajat → munshid performance → naat khwani → nasheed → na‘t (poetry in praise of the Prophet) → noha recitation → qasida → qawwali → religious epic recitation → sama‘ → tala al-badru ‘alayna → zikr ceremony music →
hasModernDevelopment	Islamic music festivals → cross-cultural collaborations with world music artists → global Islamic pop scene → online Islamic music platforms → recorded nasheed industry →
hasNorm	avoidance of explicit or immoral content → emphasis on modesty → focus on religiously acceptable themes →
hasPurpose	communal bonding → devotional expression → praise and remembrance of God (dhikr) → praise of the Prophet Muhammad → religious education → ritual accompaniment → spiritual contemplation →
hasRegionalTradition	Arab Islamic music → Bosnian Islamic music → Central Asian Islamic music → Indonesian Islamic music → Iranian religious music → North African Islamic music → Persian Islamic music → South Asian Islamic music → Turkish Islamic music → West African Islamic music →
influencedBy	Arabic poetic meters → Indian classical music → Ottoman classical music → Persian classical music → Qur’anic recitation styles → Sufi mystical practices → classical Arabic music → pre-Islamic Arabian poetic traditions → regional folk music traditions →
performedInContext	Ashura commemorations → Ramadan events → Sufi lodges (khanaqah, tekke, zawiya) → mawlid celebrations → mosques → religious festivals → religious gatherings → weddings →
usesLanguage	Arabic → Bengali → Hausa → Indonesian → Malay → Persian → Punjabi → Swahili → Turkish → Urdu → various local languages of the Muslim world →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Sufism →	influenced