Nasheed Factor’s Stars for Semi-Finals Have Been Selected!!

Assalamo Alaykum Readers,

Alhumdulilah the Nasheed Factor semi finalists have been selected and will perform at the semi finals which will take place very soon in the two major cities of Scotland. That’s right! Just fewer than 100 contestants turned up at the auditions around Scotland, which made the competition even more serious and exciting. The judges were faced with a dilemma having to pick and choose which one of the contestants would secure a place for the next part of the competition.

The judges were left stunned with the vast amount of talent from contestants of all ages. Evidently, we have now seen that Scotland really does have great talent and can become the drive for new Islamic Sounds.

Nasheed Factor Semi-finalists auditions can be watched online at www.nasheedfactor.co.uk or click on their names in the table to watch each performance. Semi finalists will be split into two sets with one performing at the Glasgow Semi final at Victoria Function Hall and the other performing at Edinburgh in Iqra Academy. The event is FREE and you are all welcome to come along and support the Nasheed Factor cause- ‘Rebuilding People’s Lives’

Having suffered sleepless nights and endless discussions on who should be put through, the Nasheed Factor Team and judges would like to present to you.................................

 Our 32 Semi-Finalists Of Nasheed Factor 2012

Nasheed Factor 2012 Semi Finalists

Glasgow Semi finalists who will perform at Victoria Function Hall on Sunday the 23rd Sept at 6pm

Nasheed/Naat/Hamd Category
Youth	Adult
Hiba Rahman	Mohammed Khan
Beauty of Islam -Rafi Sisters	Fayyaz Ur Rahman
Hafsah & Sanah Bashir	Kamran Younis
Iqra Girls- Sanaa, Aleena,Sara	Viqar Mahmood

Qiraat Category
Youth	Adult
Hassan Ahmed	Numman Ali
Faizaan Ali Chaudhry	Junaid Ur Rahman
Asad Ahmed	Mohammed Saad Mukhtar
Aisha Saleem	Zain Ul Abedin Amir

Edinburgh Semi finalists who will perform at Iqra Academy on Saturday the 29th Sept at 6pm

Nasheed/Naat/Hamd Category
Youth	Adult
Mustaqeem Sha Jihan	Kasim Arshad
Mohammed Milaad Ali Madni	Sajid Sabri
Amina Shahid	Abbas Ul Haq
Zahra Hassam	Aasim Azam

Qiraat Category
Youth	Adult
Uwais Ahmed	Israr Ahmad
Salman Rafiq	Mufti Nabiil Atchia
Asad Bukhari	Abrar Ahmed
Ismail Alshaikh Soleiman	Saif Ali

Nasheed Factor Semi Finals

Glasgow Semi Finals: We are sorry all spaces are now fully booked.

Edinburgh Semi Finals: We will be holding stalls where a variety of items and food could be purchased before the event starts. Contact 07549080931 to reserve your place and your name to our guestbook now! **FREE ENTRY**

Inshallah see you all there at the Nasheed Factor Semi Finals, 

Jazakallah

-NF Team-

What is a Nasheed? Nasheed Factor are keeping it fresh

With many differences in opinion on the etiquette of what a Nasheed is, we thought it would be educational and beneficial for us to let the public know on what a Nasheed means to Nasheed Factor.

Nasheeds – beautiful, peaceful and calming songs that tell truths and tales; promote humanity, charity and Islam. This is the type of music which we must emanate to the community in order to tackle the social problems which societies face in the world today.
Established Nasheed Artists differ on what their opinion and thinking of what a Nasheed is. Some artists sing with a full instrumental band, some artists only sing with percussion instruments and others only sing with their voice. Many Scholars have differences in opinion on this matter.

The content of the Nasheed also differs, with some artists only singing Nasheeds which sends salutations to the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) and other artists sing any content as long as it is related to the teachings of Islam.

All the Nasheed Factor Production wants to say is ..............................................

Nasheed Factor is keeping it fresh.

By fresh we mean, traditional, old school and new school. But one thing is for sure, Nasheed Factor is only about The Voice. Backing tracks is a no go because it takes away the essence of the words which are being sung/recited, we want to listen to the message! Not the tune! And that is what every contestant will be based on. The message is what is most important, the meaning of the words, the story emanated from the words and the softness of the words. Secondly backing tracks are not easily accessible, hence it ensures fairness across all contestants.

The content of the Nasheed must not in any way be controversial to Islam and the teachings of Islam, because it is a simple matter of respecting our creator Allah swt.

We put together a beautiful pictorial diagram of what the essence of a Nasheed must be:

We have had great success in meeting with the Imams and Alims in Scotland who have taught us how best to execute the competition in order to ensure that this is a halal production and that is exactly what we are doing. Listening to the knowledge of Islam.

So you guys are saying right now .........................


"Man why you be hatin' on normal music, whats up with all the nasheed promotion y'all"


Subconsciously it is scientifically proven that music activates nearly every region of our brain, some songs are cleverly made to affect your brain waves, to release a chemical called Dopamine to make you feel good. This is what mainstream, non permissible music, does to you.

Music can have a massive influence on us all, it manipulates our mood, alters it or even programmes us!

We have all faced it! You are sitting in your car, a song comes on the radio and you start bopping your head! Or you drive faster!

This is something which we want to get away from in life as muslims. Only practising Islam should make you feel good, and you should fill up your mind what positive thoughts, positive images and positive actions. Not the sins which mainstream music portrays in the world today.

So from the Nasheed Factor team all we want to say is


We're keeping it real

 

Nasheed Factor creating hype!

It's absolutely amazing, Alhumdulillah, everywhere the Nasheed Factor team are going - we see there is already some hype and buzz about Nasheed Factor! We have people thinking about nasheeds, artists, their meanings and Islam - as well as the contest itself.

After attending a nasheed concert in Birmigham (the Evening of Inspiration), it has confirmed to us that there definitely is a space for a contest such as Nasheed Factor to take place. We described it as a "Muslim X Factor" - a light hearted and fun way to perceive Nasheed Factor. But it is definitely more than that! It incorporates the need for charity and helping poor people as well as giving our youth a platform to showcase their voice and deen. And in another blog there are pictures of Native Deen supporting Nasheed Factor as well.

The team attended many events such as the Lifestyle show and Shawlands Mela. We have had a positive response and much valuable feedback. With one lady saying "I was just telling my son that we need something like this, it's brilliant."

We are planning to attend a dinner in Edinburgh - Palestine dinner, and here we hope to be inspired and touched by everyone. Coming together to help for a good cause really does make all the difference and that is the spirit with Nasheed Factor.

Something made me smile today, a young man from across the world in another country has asked to participate in Nasheed Factor - if we had magical transportation powers we would definitely want him on board, but for our semi finals and grande finale - the distance would be too much for him. But inshaAllah going worldwide would be a goal for the future. For now, Scotland wide it is.


"Compassion is very difficult to give away because it keeps coming back"


And indeed, compassion is very important.