[soc.religion.islam] Qawali's allowed/forbidden?

jnawaz@skat.usc.edu (Jemshed Nawaz) (01/04/91)

Someone from the subcontinent could probably answer this question:
	Are Qawalis considered haram[forbidden] by Muslim scholars?
	Is there any respected scholar who considers Qawalis to be
	legit?
Thank you.

Jemshed Nawaz

bes@tybalt.caltech.edu (Behnam Sadeghi) (01/04/91)

>Someone from the subcontinent could probably answer this question:
>	Are Qawalis considered haram[forbidden] by Muslim scholars?
>	Is there any respected scholar who considers Qawalis to be
>	legit?

I think I can answer the 2nd part of this question.  Ayatollah Khomeini
considered music that is not made for lahw and la'ab [i.e. is *not* party
music] as legitimate.  This also included some secular music.

>Thank you.
>
>Jemshed Nawaz

Regards,
Behnam Sadeghi