taqwacore is a punk movement i am reasonably sure you've never heard of. it's a kind of rebel muslim thing. it started out with american muslims, gaining its name from mike muhammad knight's novel the taqwacores.
there's a new band, the kominas, which is composed of desi (ethnic indians) musicians, and MWU! has their MP3 track available for download: "rumi was a homo (but wahhaj is a fag)".
it's a little rough, but it's fun.
rumi you prolly know - he's the counterculture hero, a sufi who was also a homosexual poet. imam siraj wahhaj, however, is a sexist pig who, appropriately enough, used to head up masjid al-taqwa.
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Awsome summary. Thanks for that. The Kominas have a bunch of videos on you tube now you should check them out.
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