July 17, 2003
'Anti-Islamic' mobile ringtones create stir
A controversy is raging in Lucknow, India, over the allegedly anti-Islamic ring tones introduced in mobile phones by Reliance Infocomm, "India's biggest business house".
Reliance has labelled some tones as Islamic, but some Muslim clerics and Islamic hardliners insist that calling the tones Islamic is blasphemous as music goes against the tenets of Islam, and have sent the company legal notice to withdraw the tones.
According to Shia cleric Maulana Arshad Jafri "all music is alien to Islam. So by introducing musical ring tones as Islamic tones, Reliance has hurt sentiments of Muslims".
Some Islamic clergymen, however, think an unnecessary controversy is being created to gain popularity. All music cannot be termed anti-Islamic, according to Web.Mid-Day. See other related article in Sify.
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