ABOUT #CLIsUsingQuraanInHerSong
so apparently, the verse that was used in MTBD is: "hadaaiqa wa a'naba, wa kawaa i'ba atrabaa" (Surah An-Naba, Verse 32-33). i listened to the song once again and heard it clearly this time (verse 33 was repeated twice). a while ago (n twitter), i said i don't hear any words because i don't know what exact words to catch (and the Quran verse wasn't familiar to me as well because I am not a reader of Qur'an but I can read and understand Arabic) but when i came across the verse that was used in the song, i knew that Teddy really used something that was from the Qur'an. I'm sorry for saying that i don't hear anything wrong with it.
Anyway, Muslims, right now, have the right to complain because it was extracted off the Qur'an, the holy book of the Muslims. but we do not have the right to send death threats (I don't see tweets like that, but i see people talking about how Muslims should stop sending death threats. it's kind of stupid of some Muslims. are you really Muslims?). YG, Teddy, and CL might have had no idea of what that meant or that it was wrong of them to use the verse but this is clearly cultural appropriation (just like the issue when Dara was using a bindi (?) in the Falling In Love MV, that is cultural appropriation as well, guys). they shouldn't have used any Arabic words anyway (just like Taeyang's hat). Adopting other's culture is wrong for some, while others are alright with it. But personally, I don't see the relevance of using other's cultures anyway.
Also, I'm quite sure that we, along with some other Muslims, haven't heard the verse on the song because Teddy did a great job of synthesizing the tune into the verse so it was like blurred out (for lack of proper terms).
read about Cultural Appropriation here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_appropriation
listen to the comparison: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqraiF4bd5Y&app=desktop (do not say it's just the same tune, listen to the words behind CL's rapping and music. Listen to the words: "hadaaiqa wa a'naba, wa kawaa i'ba atrabaa" with the "wa kawaa i'ba atrabaa" repeated twice.)
read about the used Surah and the verses here: http://quran411.com/print-078.asp (it's on Verse 32 and 33)
sign the petition (I am signing as well): https://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/teddy-park-park-hong-jun-yg-entertainment-remove-the-use-of-words-from-the-qur-an-in-the-background-music-of-cl-s-solo-song-mtbd-and-apologise-to-the-muslims-that-were-hurt-by-this-act-of-disrespect-towards-islam#share
Please, even if you are not a Muslim, I am asking you to sign as well.
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