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Taqwacore: The Birth of Punk Islam

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

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