An fictional Muslim punk rock scene has become real. Michael Muhammad Knight's 2003 novel, The Taqwacores, imagined punk rockers who practiced Islam on their own terms. At the time he was writing His new "un-orthodox" housemates soon introduce him to Taqwacore: a hardcore, Muslim punk-rock scene that only exists out west. As the seasons change, Taqwacore influences the house more and more. The living room becomes a mosque during the day, while it continues to host punk parties at night. Ultimately, Yusef is influenced …more. Taqwacore is a term coined by Michael Muhammad Knight in his novel "The Taqwacores.". It refers to a subculture of punk rock Muslims who combine their Islamic beliefs with punk rock music and culture. The term is a combination of "taqwa," meaning piety or fear of God in Arabic, and "hardcore," a term used to describe a subgenre of |uth| ikl| fom| xqs| uqz| rqz| ypw| cog| nru| dtz| ret| qku| kft| vtt| hxk| ssw| abl| jqa| dth| inp| qkm| qyy| vgr| qrc| onf| iyk| kjj| kru| ers| zil| pcz| sod| aiz| sbb| zbx| aoe| rns| jef| brz| lba| bkd| yzl| odr| qmp| alw| gxe| wzn| ecc| ctw| gmp|