Muslim religious music as song or played on played in public services or private devotions. The classic heartland of Islam is the middle east ,north Africa the horn of Africa, Iran , central Asia and south Asia and it also included the medieval Iberian peninsula
Anasheeds-nasheeds are moral religious songs sung in various melodies by some Muslims of today without any musical instruments however some nasheeds group use percussion instruments such as the daff. singing moral songs of this type without instrumentation is considered permissible (hald) by many muslims
Sufi worship services are often called Dhinkr or zikr. See that article for further elaboration the dhinkr of south Asians Muslims is quietest.The Sufi services best known in the west are the Chantiny and rhythmic dancing of the whirling dervishes or mevlevi sufi's of turkey
Iranian music as evidence by the archaeological records of the fertile crescent civilization of elam, the ancient culture in southern western iran dates back a thousand of years
North Africa the Berbers and Arabic speaking countries of north Africa, such as Morocco,Algeria,and Tunisia,share some musical traditions with Egypt and the Arab countries of the middle east popular modern styles of music such as rai and chai Orginated in Berber
Central Asia many of the countries in Central Asia such as Ubekistian Tajikistan and Turk Menistian have been heavily influenced by Turkish and Persian culture bowed instruments are common as is bardic singing