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Sacred to Us

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Richard Coles presents a series of programmes exploring the music of non-Christian faiths.
2: Islam. Music is forbidden within the mosque, but outside there is a thriving tradition of Qawwali, the devotional music of the Sufis. These immensely popular songs build up the music, often repeating one word over and over again, until a state of ecstasy is reached.
Producer Helen Garrison. Repeated Sunday 12.15am

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Richard Coles
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Helen Garrison.

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