Jihadology Podcast: Nashids: History and Cultural Meaning
Behnam Said comes on the show to talk about nasheeds. Some of the topics covered include:
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Behnam Said comes on the show to talk about nasheeds. Some of the topics covered include:
- The role of music in Islam and how it relates to nasheeds
- A modern history of the use of nasheeds
- Differences between Sufi, mainstream Islamist, and jihadi nasheeds
- Different themes used in these nasheeds
- Why there has been such an explosion in new nasheeds and media outlets from IS and AQAP recently
Links:
- Behnam Said - Extremis Project
- Amazon.com author page for Behnam Said
- Hymns (Nasheeds): A Contribution to the Study of the Jihadist Culture - Studies in Conflict & Terrorism
- Behnam Said (@BenSai) | Twitter
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Aaron Y. Zelin is the Richard Borow Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, a visiting research scholar in the Department of Politics at Brandeis University, and the founder of Jihadology. He is also the author of the book “Your Sons Are At Your Service: Tunisia’s Missionaries of Jihad” (Columbia University Press, 2020) and the recent booklet “The Age of Political Jihadism: A Study of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham.”
