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New site? Maybe some day.
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"Their risqué lyrics and provocative song titles such as "Sharia Law in the USA," "Suicide Bomb the GAP" and "Rumi was a Homo" -- a protest song against homophobia in the American Muslim community -- have drawn the attention of Muslims, non-Muslims, fans and critics alike."
lulz
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/08/11/generation.islam.punk.rock/index.html |
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aw...cute mowhawk.
there's nothing punk rock about practicing islam on occasion between punk rock practices. |
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nope, not lulz.
These guys are longtime friends of ours. they've done successful tours and given young american muslims who don't fit into traditional muslim and american society something to call their own. how many bands on rttp have made an impact like that?
they rock and they're good dudes. plus jello biafra loves them. |
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Wild Nights In Guantanamo Bay is a fantastic album, produced by DS bassist Dana, and has a bevy of influences, from punk and rock to funk and hip-hop, as well as the ethnic flavor. |
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there's nothing punk rock about practicing islam on occasion between punk rock practices. |
These guys have gotten death threats from Muslim extremists - that's pretty punk rock, if I do say so. |
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no kiddin? now i am informed |
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there's nothing punk rock about practicing islam on occasion between punk rock practices. |
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i know. last time i checked, punk rock was about rebelling against social norms. if these guys don't embody the essence of punk, i don't know who does.
These guys have gotten death threats from Muslim extremists - that's pretty punk rock, if I do say so. |
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Obviously, RTTP isn't a place I'd expect to dig these guys or have anything decent to say about them. I'm proud of what they've accomplished, though. |
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I didn't know you guys hated our freedom. |
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It's not like we're doing anything good with it, eh? |
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dont worry, mr. 'orrah, i still hate the blacks, jews, hispanics, all manner of chinks and chanks, and especially the portuguese. and canadians. |
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I hate shrimp-flavored ramen noodles. |
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DEFINITELY the Canadians. |
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I hate shrimp-flavored ramen noodles. |
that's the best thing i've read all day |
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That's great, and I'm sure they rock. The song titles are intriguing and obviously anti-Islam and I'm inclined to check them out.
I just don't understand why a couple members are practicing Muslims, yet find some middle liberal ground in it to mock Islam to fit the punk scene. It's the same pitfall as Christian punk/metal/etc.
"Spirituality" is a very personal thing, and warping the tenets of an established religion to fit a modern niche seems counter-productive. I'm not sure what they're trying to achieve by saying "it's ok to practice Islam, but you don't have to do exactly what the Koran says, and oh yeah, don't listen to your parents." It's the half-assed, confused modern views of religion, especially progressive Islam, that I have an issue with. Abandon it altogether, take a stand for something.
Maybe I'm reading too much into it. It's punk rock, who the fuck cares. |
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Islam is a difficult religion to find a sort of reformed, liberal, politically correct version to practice. There isn't a ton of room for interpretation within the Koran. The authors of that book did not understand or give a shit about metaphor....but it's religion in America, I'm sure a way has been found.
eh, whatever.
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Kominas on CNN? Shit just gets weirder and weirder around here. |
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"Spirituality" is a very personal thing |
i understand your point and agree especially with spirituality being personal. That being said, i think if people find certain tenets of certain religions to be applicable to their lives, they should follow them. if they find other aspects of that very same religion to be detrimental, they should abandon them.
i'm with you on not adhering to any established religion whatsoever and following my own path that's best for me.
I think with a lot of muslims in america (and jews as well), they are more a part of the culture that comes with the religion than the tenets of the religion itself. sort of like how i celebrate christmas with my family as a cultural thing and a family thing, without buying into the religious crap that christians associate with it. |
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....kind of funny. The picture of the guy greasing his mohawk - Basim Usmani - was in quite a few of my Political Science classes in college. I had another class called "Politics in Music" and his band, The Kominas, played and we had to attend for class credit. |
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