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IRAQ Iraq: Students are still hiding their instruments Students of Iraq’s Music and Ballet School still risk being attacked because of their love of music. This article summons the latest news from the musical life in Iraq. 05 June 2008 Iraq: Religious restrictions cause singers to flee Iraqi singers are fleeing the country after dozens have been killed by Islamic radicals determined to eradicate all culture associated with the West 20 May 2008 Iraq: Film about the heavy metal band Acrassicauda The documentary film 'Heavy Metal in Baghdad' documents how Iraq’s only heavy metal band, Acrassicauda, had to escape the country and is now literally a band on the run 18 December 2007 Jonas Otterbeck: Islamic reactions to the music of today A working paper, 22 pages in PDF-format, to be published as a chapter in the book 'Religion, Media, and Modern Thought in the Arab World', Cambridge Scholars Press Ltd. 13 November 2007 Iraq: Musicians and music listeners get killed Musicians, music shop owners and music fans flee from death squads of Islamic extremists in Baghdad. It is no longer safe to sell music in central and southern Iraq 20 March 2007 Iraq: 75 singers killed The Iraqi Artist's Association said that nearly 80 percent of the country's singers have fled the country and that at least 75 singers had been killed since the invasion of Iraq in 2003 29 November 2006 Iraq: Religious decree prohibits all kinds of singing In September 2006, a group of religious enforcers in Baghdad banned “music-filled parties” and all kinds of singing, reports Washington Post 12 October 2006 Iraq: Music stores bombed in Baquba Insurgents bombed three stores selling music CDs in southern Baquba, 60 km north of Baghdad, on early 2 April 2006 02 April 2006 Iraq: Students beaten to death for playing music Students have been beaten to death for playing music as Shia militiamen run amok, reports TimesOnline.co.uk 24 March 2005 Veil lifts off once-forbidden Kurdish folklore music The fall of Saddam Hussein's regime has allowed the once-forbidden Kurdish music to spread throughout the country 18 March 2004 Iraq: Traditional Iraqi music under threat Iraqi musicians have been targeted by some Muslim radicals who want to wipe out many features of secular Iraq, writes Aljazeera.net 11 February 2004 Music during wartime An extensive collection of links to articles related to how the war on Iraq affected freedom of musical expression - from American country albums being burned to the rise in protest music 10 June 2003 Iraq's artists strive for freedom Saddam Hussein manipulated artistic expression so completely that many musicians, writers and artists now wonder if they can ever again find their own voices 23 May 2003 Kurdish musician plays for freedom Kurdish singer, Newroz, explains the impact that censorship has on his career 11 October 2002