The Taqwacores
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The Taqwacores is the
Knight originally self-published The Taqwacores in
The narrator of The Taqwacores, Yusuf Ali, is a
The book also inspired a documentary entitled Taqwacore: The Birth of Punk Islam, directed by Omar Majeed, which follows author Michael Muhammad Knight and several Taqwacore bands across the United States. It was released in
Censorship
Due to the Danish Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy, the UK edition of The Taqwacores was partially censored.[2]
Film
A feature film adaptation of The Taqwacores directed by Eyad Zahra premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival in Utah.[3] also titled The Taqwacores (film)
Cultural impacts
Asra Nomani credited the novel as first presenting her with the idea for woman-led prayer, leading to a widely reported woman-led congregation on March 18, 2005 with Amina Wadud acting as imam.[1]
References
- ^ a b Sacirbey, Omar (2016-11-19). "The Challenges and Growth of Progressive Muslims". aliciapatterson.org. Archived from the original on 2012-12-02. Retrieved 2018-06-05.
- ^ Taqwacores: The Censored Bits - Autonomedia
- ^ "The Taqwacores" page at the Sundance Film Festival website
External links
- "Noureen DeWulf"
- Autonomedia's official site for The Taqwacores, now out of print
- "Muhammad was a Punk Rocker" in Eclectica Magazine Vol. 7, No. 1 January/February, 2003
- Jum'a with the Punks: An Excerpt from The Taqwacores @ Muslim WakeUp!
- Whitaker, Brian, "Punk Muslims"
- Preview the novel at Google Books
- "Soft Skull Press, publisher of the revised edition, 2009"
- Maag, Christopher (December 2, 2008). "Young Muslims Build a Subculture on an Underground Book". The New York Times. Retrieved June 14, 2009.
- Taqwacore: The Birth of Punk Islam web site