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The Taqwacores (Paperback)

by Michael Muhammad Knight (Author)
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  • Paperback: 254 pages
  • Publisher: Telegram Books (5 Mar 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1846590175
  • ISBN-13: 978-1846590177
  • Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.8 x 2.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 200,505 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"'Sooner or later Punk and Islam were fated to meet and produce strange offspring. This excellent novel represents the first blast of the trumpet - loud and utterly unique.' Hakim Bey 'Infinitely readable.' Maximum Rocknroll"


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Yusef is living in Buffalo, New York with a group of Muslim punks. A pot-smoking mohawked Sufi called Jehangir plays the rooftop call to prayer on his electric guitar, while debates rage downstairs about the Quranic sources for Iggy Pop songs. With a living-room serving as mosque by day and hosting punk parties by night, and a hole in the wall marking the direction of Mecca, Yusef's friends are all dealing with what it means to be young and Muslim in modern-day America. Amidst all this, Yusef embarks on a fascinating, clumsy journey towards faith and love in this surprising and unsettling read.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Get the US edition, 12 Jun 2007
A great book, but make sure you get an American (not British) edition. The British edition has been self censored by the publisher.
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4.0 out of 5 stars For the strong stomached Muslim, 24 Feb 2008
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This book crosses every line with a relish and it's almost a shame that it does as it perhaps detracts from some very valid points that it makes. The author, a revert to Islam, details the lives of several punk Muslims living in Buffalo. You have every category of Muslim represented, the hard line Salafi, the permanently burka wearing Muslimah, the pot smoking Mohawk sporting Sufi type and the Shia with Kerbala hang up as well as a whole host of other Muslims. The protagonist, Yusuf Ali is more mainstream and its through his eyes we see the punk drama enacted.

The book seems aimed squarely at Muslims; indeed it's hard to see the average non-Muslim being able to appreciate most of the writing. Nor is book for the faint hearted, if blasphemy, profanity and textual pornography aren't to your liking than chances are neither will this book (though rest assured you don't have to be a complete pervert to enjoy this book, just have a strong stomach). There are serious points within the book and points that are well worth reading for the insights they give into the way people are trying to direct Islam and the way different types of Muslims try to live.
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