Very interesting article in Pop Matters based on a documentary, "The Birth of Punk Islam" by canadian born Omar Majeed, describing how Islam Punk creates a few tiny but reel waves in the US muslim community.
In a culture eager to find a normality between the Soufi dancers on one side and the integrists haters of music on the other side, US muslims artists find themselves between a rock and a hard place...Yet that doesn't stop them for trying to get their music across. One could think that's enough of a challenge, but they're raising the bar real high: they're playing punk music which already attracts prejudice and misunderstanding from most people anyway.
Add in the equation young rebels trying to find themselves in an US society obsessed by 9-11 and you have a cocktail ready to go Go GO!
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