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Old 06-12-2016, 01:37 PM   #153 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by The Batlord View Post
Is every Christian qualified to tell us about the varied interpretations of Christianity?
Sorry, prob should have said, "better qualified than most of us because of his experience."

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Originally Posted by Frownland View Post
RE: Music in Islam

Fundamentalist interpretations of mostly passages from the hadiths and some of the quran suggest that music is haram because it is something that distracts the mind from god. Some consider stringed instruments to be haram and do a capella chants instead since those can focus the mind on god. From what I've seen, the most mainstream view among Muslims is that music is haram when it's paired with provocative dancing and **** like that, but most other times it's halal.
^ Much better answer than mine!!
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