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Sufi Rapper - The Spiritual Journey of Abd Al Malik (Paperback, Original ed.)
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Sufi Rapper - The Spiritual Journey of Abd Al Malik (Paperback, Original ed.)
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Loot Price R473
Discovery Miles 4 730
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French rap star recounts his journey from the ghettos of Strasbourg
through radical Islam to the Sufi message of universal love
- Explains how the luminous message of love in Sufism now animates
Malik's music
- Offers an intimate look at life in the ghettos and madrassas of
the poorest neighborhoods in Europe
As a poor black resident in one of the notorious French banlieues
(the ghettos surrounding French cities), Abd al Malik had every
chance of meeting the same fate as many of his peers: drug
addiction, prison, and/or an early grave. Despite his early
involvement in the endemic crime that was routine in his
neighborhood, his keen intelligence won him admission to some of
the most prestigious schools in Strasbourg. His dual life as honor
student/pickpocket ended when he converted to Islam, where again
his intellect and sensitivity prevented him from entering the
hate-filled spiral promoted by the fundamentalists. His distaste
for the hatred they preached in the madrassas and his love of music
led him to Moroccan Sufi master Sidi Hamza al-Qadiri al-Butchichi,
whose message of universal love and joy now animates the rap songs
of this prize-winning composer and performer.
As the singer says in his "Ode to Love"
"Love the other whatever the cost and direct the struggle against
yourself
The treasure of the just is buried within my chest
If there is enough for one, let's share it, there is enough for
all."
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