World Spinning’s Lark Clark has an indepth chat with Dr. Ali Asani.
Professor of Indo-Muslim and Islamic Religion and Cultures at Harvard, Ali was in Calgary to give a talk entitled Combating Islamophobia Through The Arts.
He tells Lark that, contrary to beliefs that Islam forbids music, “the sound arts” lie at the heart of the religion and is an essential part of life to most Muslims.
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