These Muslim Brotherhoods – Of Musicians – Fight Back Against Extremism

Morocco’s Gnawa practice a powerful variety of ecstatic Muslim mysticism. Says one prominent Gnawa musician, horrified by the depredations of ISIS and Boko Haram, “They are ignorant. They don’t know what they are doing. They are stupid. Islam is not that. It’s peace, music, colour, respect … it respects other religions.”

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