Blog: All Our Noise // We Are Live

In 2002, when zine writer Michael Muhammad Knight first self-published his novel "The Taqwacores", his intention was primarily in conveying his disillusionment in his adopted faith. Yet the postive feedback was overwhelming, and the story took on a life of its own. The novel introduces us to the fictional inhabitants of a Buffalo-based Muslim punk house as they live out lives that adhere to a less than traditional version of Islam. The book enjoyed proper distribution and publishing through Alternative Tentacles & Autonomedia, and it inspired countless Muslim youths across the country who found great resonance in the variety of personalities depicted in the book. The story of [...]