Talk:Taqwacore

Fearless Iranians From Hell
They were acting as muslims as political satire, it's kinda misleading to call them a muslim punk band as if they were actually muslim. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 144.41.189.221 (talk) 12:46, 15 May 2014 (UTC)

So i guess Venom isn't really black metal because they aren't satanists? Is bathory not black metal because they aren't satanists? Slayer is a fraud to then because they don't support violence or nazism, right?

Unencyclopedic?
This article is too vague in its present state, but it seems the subject is too specialized to merit a longer article. It would probably work better as a brief section of a more detailed article than as its own separate piece of minutia.
 * There's a raft of journalism on this now; it could definitely be expanded severalfold. Chubbles (talk) 03:42, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

I'm tempted to nominate this for deletion. AdRock (talk) 14:11, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Update: there is evidence for these bands on Last.fm and places like that, but their fan base appears to be teeny; I think it remains to be seen whether this niche subgenre will take root. (Among other things, I think Islam and punk rock are probably a tight fit.) AdRock (talk) 14:37, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

If no one objects, I am going to change "Islamist" Punk to something more accurate, since an Islamist is someone who believes in Islam as government, Sharia, etc, and I don't know of any Taqwacore artists who espouse ideals like these. Anything you hear to the contrary is shtick and stereotype humor on the part of the bands. (Fedayeen) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tahamerrigan (talk • contribs) 04:10, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

I would tend to agree with Chubbles and AdRock, the small niche has not been given press since a flurry sometime ago due to for instance the documentary Taqwacore which is primarily about Michael Knight and his work and life. It should probably have a mention on a larger article.--Filmmaker2011 (talk) 08:27, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Hey guys, I've started expanding this article a lot. I'm quite interested in the topic, and I'm also researching this community for a project at my universtiy. If I substantially revise this article than It can count as my final project for the course. I hope what I do is done properly, seeing as I am new to wikipedia. If any of you are interested in letting me know if something I do isn't proper, that would be great. Thanks a lot. from arcillaroja — Preceding unsigned comment added by Arcillaroja1 (talk • contribs) 03:10, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

Can anyone help me find the article in footnote #24 (Looking for Cultural Space Discourses of Identity Formation on the case of Taqwacore)? I'm having trouble finding it on JSTOR, and google isn't helping--I also searched the website of Roskilde University and didn't find it there. Any link to that article, or help finding it some other way, would be appreciated. --E. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.203.173.195 (talk) 19:54, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

Are any taqwacore artists true islamists?
What i mean is this. some aren't even muslim and some are liberal muslims, but are any true islamists? After all, not all Black metal musicians are true satanists, but some like King Diamond are. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.108.198.222 (talk) 21:43, 7 February 2015 (UTC)