Recent listening includes the new Flaming Lips, At War with the Mystics, and I just picked up the re-issue of My Life in the Bush of Ghosts by Eno/Byrne. Unlike Remain in Light, the extra tracks are worth the price of a fresh copy. As I'm looking through the track list, Qu'ran seems to have been left off - a quick search reveals:

The Islamic Council of Great Britain had approached the record company with a complaint about the use of the “found” material [a ritual chanting of the Holy Koran. Actually, I’m surprised that anyone got permission to even tape it in the first place]; There are some expressions of Islam in which *all* music is considered “haram” [I think that’s the Arabic term, anyway] - or against the teachings of the Koran. There is an argument about whether or not Mohammed (pbuh) stated that “music” for use in certain Islamic festivals or special occasions *is* allowable, but that’s for folks who know the Surahs better than I.

At any rate, the Islamic Council voiced its strong disapproval of having the original source material used in the way it was used [in some ways, the objection is really quite similar to that raised by Kathryn Kuhlman’s estate when they wanted her sermon on Lot and the angels removed from what finally became “The Jezebel Spirit”], and in the days of watching the Fatwahs [pronouncements of death] fly back and forth, Eno and his pals deemed it meet to exclude it. “Very Very Hungry” was added instead. However, my copy of it includes both, so some other judgements must have been made later [I think that my copy is a domestic one, so perhaps that’s why]. {The track could for many years be found on the US releases of the cd.}

On a slight tangent, Tyler recently posted a nice, concise assessment of America's political maturity:

In recent years the Bush administration has worked to crush dissent. Joseph Wilson dared question the Bushies' now-obvious rush to war. They attacked Wilson and destroyed his wife's CIA career. Preserving national security was less important than crushing a questioner. The president's public appearances are so stage-managed that when someone who disagrees with the president's policies gets into a presidential event, it's news. When a U.S. senator questions American policies, he is accused of putting our troops in danger. Republicans routinely consider anyone who disagrees with their policies to be "traitors."