Bilal Philips, former "guitar god" is Now Called Islam

First, Bilal Philips once dubbed "Guitar Gods" in his country, Canada. Now, he actually called for Muslims to listen guitar as little as possible, because "too much music will close the heart of God's call."
Philips said the ban was not just for the guitar, but all genres of music. "Be filled with the music will not have room for the words of God," he wrote in his book, Contemporary Issues. This book discusses current issues of Muslims, ranging from children under the age of marriage, wife beating, polygamy, and kill the apostate, to homosexuality.
Philips argues, Islam does not prohibit all music. However, the recommended music sung by men and girls are minors. His songs also contain acceptable public. "Stringed instruments should be avoided," he continued.
Philips is a Jamaican immigrant. Entry to Canada at age 11, he took guitar education. He played in nightclubs while studying at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia. His name was further fueled after that.
At the peak of his popularity, his soul is restless. He decided to retire from the bustle of country music and followed his father who is also expert in Canadian Colombo Plan moving to Malaysia, an adviser to the education minister. In the neighboring country, he was known as the "Jimi Hendrix of Sabah".
But after embracing Islam in 1972, he put his guitar for good. In his biography on the website it says, "when I became a Muslim, I feel uncomfortable doing this and gave up both professionally and personally." For many people, the music became a source of entertainment and hope from God. Music brought them for a while, like a drug. "Quran, the words of God are filled with guidance, can also play a role."
In his book, he also said that adult women are forbidden to sing. "Men are more easily aroused than women as has been fully documented by clinical studies of Masters and Johnson. '
But the Islamic Institute of Toronto says on its website that many scholars do not agree with that interpretation, and consider music is allowed as long as it does not contain "sensual, double the Lord, or unethical themes and subliminal messages.
"So to say that all music is forbidden in Islam does not seem right. Islam puts life in a balanced world and the hereafter, "writes the site.
Sohail Raza, a spokesman for the Muslim Canadian Congress, said the claim that Islam does not allow music is "totally baseless" and was really an attempt to prevent the integration of Muslim immigrants into Canadian society.
"These are people who have an aversion to joy," said Raza. "We have a very sad situation where people like Philips are bringing things in Islam that is really not true, and menumbuhsuburkan Islamophobia."
Philips, who has a degree from the Islamic University of Madinah and Riyadh University, and established the Islamic Online University, live in Qatar but it remains a popular conference speaker across Canada. He gave a lecture on "music and dating" at a Toronto mosque last April.
In his videos online, former musician music calls evil addiction. "The bottom line is that if the music is beneficial, then the musicians will show benefits in their lives," he said in a YouTube video.
"What you see instead is that some of the most corrupt elements of society were found among the musicians. Drugs, corruption and homosexuality, and all this kind of corruption is there, people commit suicide, "he said. "The reality is that it actually does not take sides, dark evil that produces the type of corruption among themselves and, in the end, ends up damaging elements of society."

source: kisahmuallaf.com