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Salman Ahmad (Urdu: سلمان احمد, born 12 December 1963) is a Pakistani born-American musician, rock guitarist, physician, activist, and professor at the City University of New York. He earned nationwide popularity in 1998 for his unique style of neoclassical playing in rock. An early engineer of the Vital Signs, he formed Junoon (lit. Obsession) in 1990 with American bassist Brian O'Connell and pioneered the Sufi influenced rock music in Pakistan. He started his activism in the mid-1990s and has been involved in two BBC documentaries concerning the issues in Pakistan such as society, education, religion and science.

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  • Salman Ahmad (en)
  • سلمان أحمد (ar)
  • Salman Ahmad (de)
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  • سلمان أحمد (بالإنجليزية: Salman Ahmad)‏ هو عازف قيثارة باكستاني، ولد في 12 ديسمبر 1963 في لاهور في باكستان. (ar)
  • Salman Ahmad (* 12. Dezember 1963 in Lahore) ist ein pakistanisch-amerikanischer Rockgitarrist. Ahmad ist Gründer und Leadgitarrist der Sufi-Rockband Junoon, der ersten und einzigen Rockband Pakistans. Die Gruppe, die auf Urdu, Panjabi und Englisch singt, verbindet in ihren Texten den Sufismus mit aktuellen politischen Aussagen und verkaufte bereits mehr als 25 Millionen CDs. Seit 2001 tritt die Band in den USA auf. Bei der Zeremonie der Verleihung des Friedensnobelpreises 2007 trat Ahmad neben Alicia Keys, Melissa Etheridge und Annie Lennox auf. Am Queens College der City University of New York unterrichtet er muslimische Musik und Lyrik. Ahmad ist ausgebildeter Mediziner und setzt sich als Goodwill Ambassador von Rotary International für die Ausrottung der Poliomyelitis und die Bekämpfun (de)
  • Salman Ahmad (Urdu: سلمان احمد, born 12 December 1963) is a Pakistani born-American musician, rock guitarist, physician, activist, and professor at the City University of New York. He earned nationwide popularity in 1998 for his unique style of neoclassical playing in rock. An early engineer of the Vital Signs, he formed Junoon (lit. Obsession) in 1990 with American bassist Brian O'Connell and pioneered the Sufi influenced rock music in Pakistan. He started his activism in the mid-1990s and has been involved in two BBC documentaries concerning the issues in Pakistan such as society, education, religion and science. (en)
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  • Salman Ahmad (en)
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  • Salman Ahmad (en)
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  • Salman Ahmad (en)
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  • Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan (en)
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