<Snipped quote by Leidenschaft>
Interestingly enough, I do like Arabic music, although knowing the difference between the two, I do not know. Where I went to high school, I had several muslim friends. There were a good group of them too, almost fifty in each year, freshmen, sophomore, junior, and senior. I learned how to do my own henna, and how to wear a hijab. Which actually has come in handy, because during the cold winter months, I have tied a scarf around my head like a hijab, and it's much warmer. If I see a muslim woman wearing hijab, I always smile at her, and tell her I like her hijab. The smile is worth it, as they're not expecting a white woman like myself to say such things. I feel like they're judged enough in America, a friendly word couldn't hurt. (:
Nasheeds lack instruments, being vocal only. They're particularly favored amongst more fundamentalist Islamic groups because of an attributed saying of the Prophet that forbids musical instruments.
And here's what I write to.