In public meetings or online propaganda videos, Islamist hymns, known as anasheed jihadiya or simply nasheeds, have become inseparable from the image of violent groups in the Middle East. These chants ...

A stark Arabic chant is emerging as the anthem of the Islamic State. And it’s just the tip of a booming industry turning out songs of bloodshed and devotion. Alex Marshall investigates the rise of the ...

Editor’s note: The videos in this post do not show any bloodshed. If you close your eyes and ignore the sickening visuals—the man in the ditch pleading for his life, the soldiers face down in the dirt ...

The jihadi nasheed, which is also sometimes referred to as anasheed jihadiya are song-poems or Islamist hymns that have become the soundtrack for terrorist organizations waging a holy war against ...

All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah and that Muhammad, sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, is His slave and Messenger. The ...

The Taliban in Afghanistan have adopted melodies from Afghan and Indian music in its newly released nasheeds, an investigation by Amu TV has found. A nasheed is a type of vocal music in Islam that is ...

In his head shot, he’s posed like Leonardo DiCaprio for Tag Heuer, eyes upward in a pensive stare with a giant watch beside his cheek. Photos on Facebook show him in a production studio, the creative ...

All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger. Those Nasheeds should not be listened ...