Apostate prophet ponders; is all Music haram?

In answer to the video "Walking Away From Islam"

There is plenty of Music in Islam, more than in any other religion. Adhan is music, just as the melodious recitation of the Quran, regardless of anyone's personal tastes. That is why there are many different kinds of reciting methods and tones of voices.

Of course, Islam doesnt tolerate music that degrades the human soul and incites dark desires and debauchery. It is interesting to note how in the HB, a contrast is made between music destined to praise God, as in David's case, and the kind of music that is condemned, when devoid of any true spirituality

Amos6:5"Who sing according to the tone of the lute. They thought that their musical instruments were like [those of] David".

Not all music is therefore designated as evil. Similarily, Islam doesnt condemn all poetry.

In 26:224-226 for example it singles out, a group among the poets. In pre-islamic times certain poems were instruments of evil and wickedness. Before and during the advent if Islam, poets posted their sexually explicit verses on the walls of the Kaaba. They were highly revered and believed to be under the power of jinns. This type of poetry darkened the people's emotions and intellects, instigated wars and hatred among different parties who otherwise would not have even fought eachother on the battlefield.

A hadith often gladly picked up by the non-educated Islam critics on that issue is the one saying the

"bell is the musical instrument of the Satan".

It isnt speaking of bells used at any occasion, but for musical purposes that invite devilish, inappropriate behavior. It is well established in classical Arabic, let alone Semitic languages in general as seen from Jesus' calling Peter "satan" in the NT Matt16:23, that when someone or something is associated with the devil, most of the time it is understood as a metaphor for its evil consequences. For example in Medina the Muslims suggested using bells at first to signal the arrival of the time of prayer, showing that bells arent always associated with evil.

Eventually someone was designated to vocally call the people to prayer.