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June 27, 2006
UK: Muslim Rapper Praises Jihad, Bin Laden
The British Muslim rapper who calls himself G-had, whose real name is Ali Nawaz (pictured), was born in Bradford, Yorkshire. He was involved since 1991 with the group Fun-da-Mental, but according to the Guardian his latest oeuvre is causing consternation at his record company label, Nation Records. Two executives from parent company Beggars Banquet Records, Martin Mills and Andrew Heath, have threatened to quit if the album is released in its current form.
The album is entitled All is War - the benefits of G-had and was recorded in London, Pakistan and South Africa. It contains words from a speech by Osama bin Laden, and compares the AL Qaeda to Che Guevara. Another track imagines America subjugated by Islam, and he openly condemns the "hypocrisy and immorality of the west".
Nawaz is unrepentant, and claims he has every right to express himself in whatever way he sees fit, even though he appears fearful that MI5 (Britain's internal affairs intelligence agency) may come calling on him. He states: "I have a right to push the boundaries as much as anyone else has, whether it's Ken Loach or Harold Pinter or George Galloway or Neil Young or the Sex Pistols."
"I've already told all the lyricists don't worry if we get into trouble, I'll take all the blame. If they're going to lock anyone up they'll lock me up. I'm not scared, I've got a lot of anger and frustration at where we have arrived at. I'll take the heat. And I've told my kids, I've told my wife that if anything goes wrong with me I want you outside Paddington Green (the maximum security police station where terror suspects are processed) and I want you staying there day and night."
His tracks also condemn "moderate" Muslims who are courted by the UK government, and in one track called "Cookbook DIY" he compares a suicide bomb-manufacturer to a US scientist: "I'm strapped up cross my chest bomb belt attached - Deeply satisfied with the plan I hatched - Electrodes connected to a gas cooker lighter."
He also throws in a few references to deaths in Srebrenica and Afghanistan on the album.
A track called "Parasites" includes: "But revenge will be mine, with my last breath I will rise to curse you - Because you, you dogs and parasites have made us helpless." Another track called "I Reject" contains: "Reject your thieving foreign policies, Reject your elitist congregation, Reject your mini skirt liberation, Reject your concept of integration ..."
Hopefully the music-buying public will reject this album, which appears to be made purely to gain cheap publicity.
Posted by Giraldus Cambrensis at June 27, 2006 11:32 PM
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In my opinion, such music is just another imitation of nazi skinhead music. I am surprised that nazi groups have not yet started selling militant Muslim music. If nazis sold mMuslim terrorist music, this would be another opportunity for them to make money since both ideologies hate Jews and everybody else.In my opinion, such music is just an imitation of
Posted by: Christian
at July 5, 2006 10:21 AM
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