I will pray for U2 to affect more people in searching for God. Bono and the Edge made an appearance in The Jonathan Ross show in BBC1 last week. They probably talked for around 10-15 minutes, and even then, Bono tried to say something about God. It is as if he has got a mission. Everybody has a mission and I am sure Bono is aware of his one.

Jonathan Ross asked how they managed to continue for 31 years as a band. Edge gave a very humble and nice answer. I think, their effort to do good for humanity has been rewarded with chance of doing even more good for fellow human beings. May Allah let them do good and find good in here and hereafter.

I DID convert as a result, I become a sufi first, but since have tried to become more and more of a plain old Qur’an and Sunnah following Muslim.

So I kind of see both sides of the argument and just have to say Allahu alim.

It’s weird that the same group of Christians who helped fan the flames of my love for Islam are now getting into Sufi music. I don’t know if it’s good or bad, but it’s weird!

i <3 Bono
Personally I’m looking forward to the album.

In retrospect, you’re probably right — in reading the original article, they says: “There’s some trance influences. But there’s some very hardcore guitar coming out of the Edge. Real molten metal. It’s not like anything we’ve ever done before, and we don’t think it sounds like anything anyone else has done either.”

They have done some suprising things and taken some odd turns in their career — Rattle and Hum for instance featured seamless integration of black American gospel and blues. I’m eager to see what they do regardless.

Talk of the ‘kafir’ vs the believers here doesn’t help anyone I’m afraid.

I agree — the reference to myself as such was a glib response to some earlier comments, no offense to the host of this blog.

vahhabiman on December 31, 2007 at 7:50 pm said:

brother i did not say anything bad against being spiritual. i am talking about the sufis spinning around in circle, singing and dancing. they pray to prophet(saw) and other imams. that is not islam to pray to anyone else but Allah. la ilaha ill Allah means you only pray to Allah, not muhammad(saw) or other imams. they do lots of weird stuff. making strange sounds and calling it zikr. they dont want muslims to read the quran just follow the sheikh. maybe not all sufi do this but that is what sufi is all about. sufi think they can be one with Allah. no one can be one with Allah, Allah is one and no one can be inside Allah or Allah cannot be inside anyone. that is only hindu belief.

yes, true…i was defending you.

Christopher on January 1, 2008 at 4:17 am said:

I’m an American kafir. I’m generally acquainted with Islam and one of the conduits was Sufi music, particularly that of Latif Bolat. If any band is capable of incorporating Sufi music with respect, I imagine it would be U2.

(Of course, this wouldn’t be the first time Sufis and Americans have made music together; Eddie Veddar (Pearljam) sang with Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan on the Dead Man Walking soundtrack).

Anyway, peace.

a fine example of Sufi music there brought to a mass audience. I like Nusrat and his nephew. Jeff Buckley was a fan.

I still don’t think U2 will incorporate sufi music, respectfully or otherwise. From my reading what they have learned from the Sufi’s is the different ‘technical’ approach to composition. Thats the level they are operating on. I don’t think they will venture away from the sound of their ‘rock and roll’ – it’ll just be put together in a different way.

Talk of the ‘kafir’ vs the believers here doesn’t help anyone I’m afraid.

(Of course, this wouldn’t be the first time Sufis and Americans have made music together; Eddie Veddar (Pearljam) sang with Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan on the Dead Man Walking soundtrack).

Anyway, peace.