Heavy Metal Islam: Rock, Resistance, and the Struggle for the Soul of Islam
by Mark Levine
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Author: Mark LevineEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2008-07-08
ISBN: 0307353397
Number of pages: 304
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
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Summary: 3 Stars
Mark LeVine is a musician who had previously been with Mick Jagger but is now a professor of Middle Eastern history at the University of California - Irvine. The book is about heavy metal rock and rapper bands in the Middle East, from Morocco to Pakistan. He speaks of how these bands are seeking peace in the Middle East - but, from his descriptions of that peace, it seems to me that they are seeking a peace without Israel. Although he does claim that the most popular band in the Middle East is a Jewish band called Orphaned Land, consisting of Jewish men who never finished their military service (which indicates Dishonorable Discharges). While their music may be "saturated with religious and biblical themes," I wonder where they really stand in their loyalty to Israel. And Mark LeVine is also Jewish, so why does he concentrate so heavily on a peace without Israel?
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