Taqwacore: The Birth of Punk Islam
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Canada · 2009
1h 22m
Director Omar Majeed
Starring Michael Muhammad Knight, Basim Usmani, Shahjehan Khan, Arjun Ray
Genre Documentary, Music
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“Tawacore” combines the words hardcore and taqwa, which means "god-fearing" in Arabic. After writer Michael Muhammad Knight coined the term in his novel about a group of young Islamic punk rockers, many young American Muslims were inspired to form their own Muslim punk bands and explore the rebellion and subversion of the genre.
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