# TAQWACORE WEBZINE

### Stop the…Stop the HATE

Posted by omarmajeed on March 22, 2010 · Leave a Comment

cross posted from www.taqwacore.com It’s been six months that TAQWACORE: The Birth of Punk Islam has been touring festivals and theatres across the globe, and people keep asking me the same damn question. “Have you received a fatwa?” or “How do Muslims react to your film?” I’ve been happy to defy stereotypes by grinning and … Read more

Filed under Editorial

### Showdown with Sunny Ali. AND The Kid.

Posted by Taz on March 8, 2010 · 1 Comment

There’s been some rumbling in them thar hills of a new band that’s rolled into town: Sunny Ali and the Kid. Who is this duo behind behind the quirky name and cowboy hat? I decided to find out. You may remember Hassan Ali Malik from being formerly of the Philly based POPO (he would be … Read more

Filed under Interviews, Music · Tagged with Cowboy Hats, Interview, Philly, Pork Adventurer, Sunny Ali and the Kid, SXSW, Western

### Oscars night and Iraq

Posted by taqwacore on March 8, 2010 · 2 Comments

I watched the Oscars last night and as you know Kathryn Bigelow won for best director and best picture for ‘Hurt Locker.’ Good for her. First time a woman has won. I have not seen the movie. But I was disappointed that all she could do was thank the soldiers fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq. … Read more

Filed under Editorial, Film, Politics, Rants · Tagged with chicago, hurt locker, iraq, iraq war, jordan, kathryn bigelow, no war, oscars, us army, usama alshaibi

### Persian Cats Rock Out

Posted by Taz on March 7, 2010 · Leave a Comment

There’s a new movie coming out in April that I thought would interest the Taqwacore crew. It’s not punk, per se – it’s “indie rock” – but rock music in a revolution seems pretty punk to me. Some more info on the movie: Co—written by imprisoned Iranian—American journalist Roxana Saberi, the film is an indictment … Read more

Filed under Film · Tagged with Iran, Trailer

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