The reaction has been huge. The song shot to No. 1 in Pakistan. And thanks to the Web, it's gone global. There have been 65,000 downloads thus far.
Moderate Muslims sing!
Via INDC Bill. It’s off the radar screen in the U.S. but a big deal where it desperately needs to be a big deal. Think of it as a Pakistani “We Are The World”: treacly, brimming with celebrities, incapable of solving the crisis it’s addressing, but a welcome step in the right direction. Signal jamming, if you will.
Socially conscious pop makes Osama cry.
The video has now been released in the U.K. with subtitles. The U.K., like Pakistan, is no stranger to terrorism. Officials in the two countries think the song is great.
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Others aren’t as thrilled. According to video creator Waseem, extremists here have criticized the song, saying it should target governments they claim are responsible for the terror … not the terrorists.
But that's the very twisted logic the song is trying to knock down.
We played the video to some young people in one British neighborhood and the reaction was uniformly positive. It seems that the Mahmoods have really struck a note, tapping into feelings held by a lot of Muslims.
Moderate Muslims sing!
Via INDC Bill. It’s off the radar screen in the U.S. but a big deal where it desperately needs to be a big deal. Think of it as a Pakistani “We Are The World”: treacly, brimming with celebrities, incapable of solving the crisis it’s addressing, but a welcome step in the right direction. Signal jamming, if you will.
Socially conscious pop makes Osama cry.
The video has now been released in the U.K. with subtitles. The U.K., like Pakistan, is no stranger to terrorism. Officials in the two countries think the song is great.
.......................................

Others aren’t as thrilled. According to video creator Waseem, extremists here have criticized the song, saying it should target governments they claim are responsible for the terror … not the terrorists.
But that's the very twisted logic the song is trying to knock down.
We played the video to some young people in one British neighborhood and the reaction was uniformly positive. It seems that the Mahmoods have really struck a note, tapping into feelings held by a lot of Muslims.
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