Arts: This is Not Us; Muslim Musical Artists Join in Song Protesting Terrorism & Violence

Published: July 29, 2007, 10:10 pm

Pakistani pop stars promote anti-terror hit Riazat Butt (The Guardian) In Pakistan they are as famous as Beyonc and Justin Timberlake, with 60m album sales between them, and their first musical collaboration has had 65,000 downloads and been number one on MTV. But the pop stars on one of the biggest Pakistani records of 2007 are not singing about young love or broken hearts, but terrorism. Yeh Hum Naheen, This Is Not Us, has become an anthem for Muslims wanting to distance themselves from extremism and violence and the artists want it to inspire a similar reaction in Britain, where the single has just been released… More about Yeh Hum Naheen: View the YouTube Video (English Subtitles), read about it on Wikipedia, and a Yeh Hum Naheen blog, with photos and information about the artists. The comments at YouTube are rather depressing, ranging from complaints from some Muslims that the music is haram (don’t listen to it then) to complaints from some Westerners that it is

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