Salman Ahmad, lead singer of Pakistani band Junoon, talks Sufism, jihad and peace

His band is called Junoon. In Urdu, that means “obsessive passion” — the kind that drives Pakistani rock star Salman Ahmad, often called the Bono of South Asia. The word “junoon” comes from the root “majnun,” which means “totally crazy,” going by Ahmad’s translation. In “The Arabian Nights,” he says, Majnun is a character who falls madly in love with Laila, the inspiration behind the “Layla” in Eric Clapton’s song about crazy passion.

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