I'm writing an essay on music in Sufism for my Mysticism class. Sufism is a branch of Islam that focuses on the mystic tradition, and although there are some fundamentalist Muslims who believe music should be illegal, there are many sects who embrace it as a central aspect of praise. My lecturer introduced me to two books by Hazrat Inayat Khan, a poetic author and master of the vina (an Indian stringed instrument).
I wanted to copy down everything he wrote, but here is just a little something:
It would be no exaggeration if I said that music alone can be themeans by which the souls of races, nations and familes, which are today so apart, may one day be united.
... there will come a day when music and its philosophy will become the religion of humanity.
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