Rahman's ringa a ringa is a copy of choli ke peeche
habshi
Its ironical that this man born a Hindu converted to Islam a religion
which forbids music! Alka Yagnik sings it beautifully. Listen to it
http://www.rkmania.com/album.php?album=Slumdog+Millionaire
Even a 'moderate' educated Muslim , a doctor -Zakir Naik on
his sky channel 820, favours the ban on music as it is part of cruel
Islam !
YouTube - Music by Dr. Zakir Naik
... Whatever distracts your from Allah is banned in Islam, music
distracts and it is banned
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fg2HkQ46snI
Muslim scholars demand ban on Dr Zakir Naik's speechesHe said
government should immediately impose a ban on Dr Naik from delivering
speeches, as done by Uttar Pradesh goverment. The UP government had
barred him ...
news.webindia123.com/news/articles/India/20081108/1099694.html - 56k -
excerpts
Music director AR Rahman, who has given the music for Danny Boyle's
Slumdog Millionaire, has used the controversial chartbuster Choli ke
peeche kya hai as a part of the film's soundtrack and says it fitted
the mood of the movie.
"The song fitted the mood of the film. It represents that period in
the early 1990s. The colour, the swirl and the frenetic pace - so I've
re-recorded it in the same two voices, Alka Yagnik and Ila Arun,
though in a totally re-worked form," said Rahman.
...
Taliban restrictions and mistreatment of women include the:
Apart from the above restrictions on women, the Taliban has:
- Banned listening to music, not only for women but men as well.
- Banned the watching of movies, television and videos, for everyone.
1- Complete ban on women's work outside the home, which also applies
to female teachers, engineers and most professionals. Only a few
female doctors and nurses are allowed to work in some hospitals in
Kabul.
2- Complete ban on women's activity outside the home unless
accompanied by a mahram (close male relative such as a father, brother
or husband).
3- Ban on women dealing with male shopkeepers.
4- Ban on women being treated by male doctors.
5- Ban on women studying at schools, universities or any other
educational institution. (Taliban have converted girls' schools into
religious seminaries.)
6- Requirement that women wear a long veil (Burqa), which covers them
from head to toe.
7- Whipping, beating and verbal abuse of women not clothed in
accordance with Taliban rules, or of women unaccompanied by a mahram.
8- Whipping of women in public for having non-covered ankles.
9- Public stoning of women accused of having sex outside marriage. (A
number of lovers are stoned to death under this rule).
10- Ban on the use of cosmetics. (Many women with painted nails have
had fingers cut off).
11- Ban on women talking or shaking hands with non-mahram males.
12- Ban on women laughing loudly. (No stranger should hear a woman's
voice).
13- Ban on women wearing high heel shoes, which would produce sound
while walking. (A man must not hear a woman's footsteps.)
14- Ban on women riding in a taxi without a mahram.
15- Ban on women's presence in radio, television or public gatherings
of any kind.
16- Ban on women playing sports or entering a sport center or club.
17- Ban on women riding bicycles or motorcycles, even with their
mahrams.
18- Ban on women's wearing brightly colored clothes. In Taliban terms,
these are "sexually attracting colors."
19- Ban on women gathering for festive occasions such as the Eids, or
for any recreational purpose.
20- Ban on women washing clothes next to rivers or in a public place.
21- Modification of all place names including the word "women." For
example, "women's garden" has been renamed "spring garden".
22- Ban on women appearing on the balconies of their apartments or
houses.
23- Compulsory painting of all windows, so women can not be seen from
outside their homes.
24- Ban on male tailors taking women's measurements or sewing women's
clothes.
25- Ban on female public baths.
26- Ban on males and females traveling on the same bus. Public buses
have now been designated "males only" (or "females only").
27- Ban on flared (wide) pant-legs, even under a burqa.
28- Ban on the photographing or filming of women.
29- Ban on women's pictures printed in newspapers and books, or hung
on the walls of houses and shops.
Apart from the above restrictions on women, the Taliban has:
- Banned listening to music, not only for women but men as well.
- Banned the watching of movies, television and videos, for everyone.
- Banned celebrating the traditional new year (Nowroz) on March 21.
The Taliban has proclaimed the holiday un-Islamic.
- Disavowed Labor Day (May 1st), because it is deemed a "communist"
holiday.
- Ordered that all people with non-Islamic names change them to
Islamic ones.
- Forced haircuts upon Afghan youth.
- Ordered that men wear Islamic clothes and a cap.
- Ordered that men not shave or trim their beards, which should grow
long enough to protrude from a fist clasped at the point of the chin.
- Ordered that all people attend prayers in mosques five times daily.
- Banned the keeping of pigeons and playing with the birds, describing
it as un-Islamic. The violators will be imprisoned and the birds shall
be killed. The kite flying has also been stopped.
- Ordered all onlookers, while encouraging the sportsmen, to chant
Allah-o-Akbar (God is great) and refrain from clapping.
- Ban on certain games including kite flying which is "un-Islamic"
according to Taliban.
- Anyone who carries objectionable literature will be executed.
- Anyone who converts from Islam to any other religion will be
executed.
- All boy students must wear turbans. They say "No turban, no
education".
- Non-Muslim minorities must distinct badge or stitch a yellow cloth
onto their dress to be differentiated from the majority Muslim
population. Just like what did Nazis with Jews.
- Banned the use of the internet by both ordinary Afghans and
foreigners.
And so on...