Posted by BeautyandtheEast on 09-29-2009 | Comments | Share | Filed under: Entertainment, Music
In a post-911 era, one of many identities that are being asserted is a Muslim punk rock movement which began in 2003 when convert to Islam, Michael Muhammad Knight self-published his book, The Taqwacores, about a fictional Muslim punk scene in Buffalo, New York. From there emerged the real deal - bands like The Kominas, Vote Hezbollah, Al Thawra, Omar Waqar, and Secret Trial Five, an all-girl punk band out of Vancouver, Canada.
The most popular out of the bunch - The Kominas - are a Boston-based band who feel punk music is a way to rebel against their conservative cultural upbringing and the frustrations of growing up Muslim in America. Punk is not my favorite type of music (I’d rather get bashed in the head with a frying pan), but it’s still interesting to see this movement spring up in the U.S. In the summer of 2007, five of the Taqwacore bands organized a “taqwa-tour” of the northeastern United States. Here is a clip:
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