[Dancecult-l] Muslim raves

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>From what I know through the Upgrade International network of media arts,
there's raves all over Turkey, and a huge media arts scene there as well,
with plenty of action in Istanbul:

    http://www.nomad-tv.net/upgrade/
    http://www.nomad-tv.net/

Then there's all of Eastern Europe, which has significant Muslim
populations... 

The question would need opening up. Do you mean to find raves in
specifically Muslim countries -- ie in places where such events would appear
(to us Westerners) to be heretic to national culture and law -- ? Ie, say
Iran. Or Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, etc.

Or is the point to search out "Muslim raves" along the same lines that one
would search out explicitly religious "Christian raves" (a la Robin Sylvan)?

Or by the fact that there are Muslims in attendance does it make the rave
inherently Muslim? If so, then the Israeli trance scene be all "Jewish
raves"? 

Ie, the different shades of Muslim need to be divested, in relation to
geography, diaspora, nation, religion, culture...

Definitely a fruitful avenue of research. Of course, theoretically charted
out by Hakim Bey from the get-go... the TAZ is rooted in heretic Sufi... I
wonder if there's a translation in Farsi... or Arabic...

best/ t.




> Just a quick question - I'm wondering if anyone knows about the
> existence of anything that might approximate "raves" among Muslim
> youth in any part of the globe? And if there might be any research /
> documentation available?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Grraham
> 
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