The Music of Islam Sampler
Ten years in the making,The Music of Islamseries  recorded in Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, Turkey, Yemen, Pakistan, Indonesia,  Iran and Qatar represents the most comprehensive sound documentation  available to Westerners today, of a world religion dating back to 1/622.  Although governed by strict rules for fourteen centuries, contact with  other cultures has radically affected Islamic music throughout history. As  the world enters the XV/21st century the timing of this collection serves  an even larger purpose, documenting the traditions that have survived and  will continue to survive for centuries to come. Today, one fifth of the  world's population, one billion people, are Muslims, occupying a large  territory stretching from the Atlantic shore of north and west Africa,  through west, central, and south Asia to island southeast Asia, and  attracting an increasing following in India, western Europe, north America,  east Asia, and southern Africa.This is a global presence which cannot  be ignored.Nearly 80 minutes playing time, this recording is a  complete representation (sampler) of the series, featuring one selection  from each of the fifteen volumes, seventeen CDs respectively.