Taqwacore - The Birth of Punk Islam

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ur quote of the day comes from Michael Knight, author of the infamous book, The Taqwacores.

When he was 17, Michael Knight left his mother’s home in Rochester to study Islam at a Pakistani madrassa. It was his first act of rebellion – against his abusive, schizophrenic, white-supremacist father. Years later, burned out on the demands of religious dogma, Mike rebelled once more – by penning a Muslim Punk manifesto called The Taqwacores. His work of fiction struck a chord with young Muslims around the world and before long, real-life Taqwacore bands were creating a scene. This film follows Michael and his band of Muslim punks as they journey across the U.S. and Pakistan, transforming their worlds, their religion and themselves through the spirit of Taqwacore.

The quote? Well, it comes from this awesome interview he gave about his new film.

“I realized that I’d rather be inside the mosque urinating out than to be outside the mosque urinating in.” - Mike Knight

LOL, hilarious!

Watch the whole interview here:

And here’s the film’s trailer: