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A Muslim punk house in Buffalo, NY, inhabited by burqa-wearing riot grrrls, mohawked Sufis, straightedge Sunnis, Shia skinheads, Indonesian skaters, Sudanese rude kids, homosexual Muslims, drunk Muslims, and feminists. Their living room hosts gatherings and prayers, with a hole smashed in the wall to point the path of Mecca. Their lives mutually, which mix making love, dope, and faith in roughly similar amounts, is centered around an Islamo-punk subculture called taqwacore, called for taqwa, an Arabic term meaning consciousness of the divine. Formerly published by the author on photocopiers and spiral-bound by hand, The Taqwacores has since been published in overseas translations, become the basis for just two films, which is taught in a variety of colleges and universities as a Catcher in the Rye for young Muslims. A manifesto for the Muslim punk activity. - Newsweek Infinitely readable. ? MaximumRocknroll.com A truly fascinating publication Michael Muhammad Knight has bravely written what could well become an important words. ? The Whip Motel Blog
