{"product_id":"the-taqwacores-paperback","title":"The Taqwacores - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Muhammad Knight\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Muslim punk house in Buffalo, New York, inhabited by burqa-wearing riot girls, mohawked Sufis, straightedge Sunnis, Shi'a skinheads, Indonesian skaters, Sudanese rude boys, gay Muslims, drunk Muslims, and feminists. Their living room hosts parties and prayers, with a hole smashed in the wall to indicate the direction of Mecca. Their life together mixes sex, dope, and religion in roughly equal amounts, expressed in devotion to an Islamo-punk subculture, \"taqwacore,\" named for taqwa, an Arabic term for consciousness of the divine.\u003cbr\u003eOriginally self-published on photocopiers and spiralbound by hand, \u003ci\u003eThe Taqwacores\u003c\/i\u003e has now come to be read as a manifesto for Muslim punk rockers and a \"\u003ci\u003eCatcher in the Rye\u003c\/i\u003e for young Muslims.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere are three different cover colors; red, white, and blue.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Muhammad Knight\u003c\/b\u003e is a novelist, essayist, journalist, and scholar. He converted to Islam at sixteen and traveled to Islamabad at seventeen to study at a madrasa. His books include \u003ci\u003eThe Taqwacores\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBlue-Eyed Devil\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTripping with Allah: Islam, Drugs, and Writing\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWhy I Am a Salafi\u003c\/i\u003e. He is an assistant professor of religious studies at the University of Central Florida in Orlando.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.71 x 7.25 x 4.93 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 13, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771040727328,"sku":"9781593762292","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a9adaac365a6340f87824d7faf017777.webp?v=1780382319","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-taqwacores-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}