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 ...

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 ...

West Brom Born Mikhaeel Mala's Famous Nasheed (Islamic Hymn) Qamarun Mikhaael grew up belting out Cat Stevens and Michael Jackson songs before drifting into Nasheeds, which are Islamic hymns.

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 ...