PLAYLIST SERIES 1, EPISODE 9 - part 2

PLAYLIST SERIES 1, EPISODE 9 - PLAYLIST visits the USA, where a new musical genre is bursting out Muslim punk rock that goes by the name of Taqwacore. A fusion spotlighted by the novel The Taqwacores, this is a new punk sound political, rousing and just as important as it was the first time around. Al-Thawra is one Muslim punk rock band currently smashing perceptions, and making their mark.

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[amoryrabia]

Al-Thawra's debut release "Who Benefits from War?" is available in digital format from iTunes, Amazon, Napster, Rhapsody, etc. CHECK IT OUT!

[moosebanna]

TEAM TAQWACORES!

[headbanger0sth]

Cheers from Bangladesh!

[tardmaster9000]

mad minds. clevo skins

[FatMat426]

"Who Benefits From War?" is an excellent CD! Everyone that watched this Youtube video and liked what they saw/heard should definitely buy the music these guys worked so hard to create.

[ThunderMetalHead]

isnt it also fighting the goverment scums and all the racist shit around the world?? will muslim punk rock fights another racist shit and do alot of things against human rights and thats Zionism my friend!!it's a racist movement started by racist jewish from isreal and other countries!!

[amoryrabia]

Anyway, Muslim kids have been playing punk in Malaysia since the late 80's at least.

[amoryrabia]

No. Technically, Vote Hezbollah was the first band that started out explicitly as a "Taqwacore" band.

Either way, Al-Thawra started before we knew Taqwacore existed. Like us, a lot of the other first-generation Taqwacore band were doing this before we knew it existed. We (The Kominas, Al-Thawra, Vote Hezbollah, Secret Trial 5, Omar Waqar, etc) all gathered around the banner, and solidified our identities as "Taqwacores" when we toured together.

[PakistaniMetalhead]

I believe THE KOMINAS were the first Taqwacore Punk band. They were right? You should all checkout their myspace page

[ndyt]

I get my info from the same place every else does: wikipedia. If you think wikipedia is wrong then go change it. Just keep in mind that a lot of islamic scholars wrote that page and they dont like people that dont have a degree in islamic studies messing with it. I know I have tried.