Lahore

Taqwacore: The Birth of Punk Islam

By Wendy Hsu on December 19, 2010

By Wendy Hsu on 19 December 2010 in VIDEO

Thursday 13.1.2011. While The Kominas try to start a punk scene in Lahore, the white-convert writer Michael Muhammad Knight discusses his imagination of a punk-inspired radical Islam. A great documentary film.

Posted in VIDEO | Tagged 2. Norient Musikfilm Festival, Irony, Islam, Lahore, Michael Muhammad Knight, Pakistan, Punk, religion, satire, Taqwacore, The Kominas, USA | 4 Responses

Shotguns and Munaqqabes along the Arabian Sea

By Norient on June 25, 2009

By Mark LeVine on 25 June 2009 in STORIES

Pakistan’s corrupt and violent rulers did produce one good thing, albeit inadvertently: Pakistani rock. Mark Levine offers a chapter of his book «Heavy Metal Islam» to norient.

Posted in STORIES | Tagged Asia, Censorship, Islam, Islamabad, Junoon, Lahore, Mark Levine, Metal, Pakistan, Rock Music, Sufism | Leave a response