To: Between the Lines
I wonder if they are fans of this classic old punk band..
2 posted on
12/24/2008 7:58:31 AM PST by
MAD-AS-HELL
(How does one win over terrorists? KILL them with UNKINDNESS)
To: Between the Lines
*sniff* *sniff* I smell a fatwa coming...
3 posted on
12/24/2008 8:01:58 AM PST by
null and void
(Hindsight is 2020, foresight is 2012)
To: Between the Lines
‘For many young American Muslims, stigmatized by their peers after the Sept. 11 attacks but repelled by both the Bush administration’s reaction to the attacks and the rigid conservatism of many Muslim leaders, the novel became a blueprint for their lives.”
Might be the beginning of a movement, or just a bunch of kids doing their rebellion thing. But Islam cannot be reformed. It’s just too rigid. They’ll have to scrap big chunks of it and then pretend that it’s still Islam for the sake of cultural pride.
4 posted on
12/24/2008 8:04:03 AM PST by
Will88
To: Between the Lines
it inspired disaffected young Muslims in the United States to form real Muslim punk bands and build their own subculture. Better to follow in the footsteps of Johnny Rotten than Osama bin Laden.
5 posted on
12/24/2008 8:07:20 AM PST by
Mr. Mojo
To: 537cant be wrong; Aeronaut; bassmaner; Bella_Bru; Big Guy and Rusty 99; Brian Allen; cgk; ...
I don’t think the media would be as excited about Christian punks.
Ultimately, whatever disagreements they may have with Islamic theocratic rule, they are still muslims. They haven’t “lost their religion”.
7 posted on
12/24/2008 8:24:58 AM PST by
weegee
("Let Me Just Cut You Off, Because I Don't Want You To Waste Your Question" - B.Obama Dec 16, 2008)
To: Between the Lines
“Islamonazi Punks F*** off!”
8 posted on
12/24/2008 8:30:57 AM PST by
weegee
("Let Me Just Cut You Off, Because I Don't Want You To Waste Your Question" - B.Obama Dec 16, 2008)
To: Between the Lines
“I’m a Muslim and I’m 100-percent American,” Ms. DeWulf said, “so I can criticize my faith and my country. Rebellion? Punk? This is totally American.” Criticizing American is not "totally American". Criticizing politicians is a protected right, but slamming the entire country isn't when it stretches over into treason in war time. Just ask Axis Sally/Mildred Gillars.
10 posted on
12/24/2008 8:33:03 AM PST by
weegee
("Let Me Just Cut You Off, Because I Don't Want You To Waste Your Question" - B.Obama Dec 16, 2008)
To: Between the Lines
As part of the set, a Muslim punk rock musician, Marwan Kamel, 23, painted “Osama McDonald,” a figure with Osama bin Laden’s face atop Ronald McDonald’s body. Mr. Kamel said the painting was a protest against imperialism by American corporations and against Wahhabism, the strictest form of Islam. Seems to be drawing equivalence between Osama and corporate America. I don't find that to be a condemnation of Wahhabism at all.
13 posted on
12/24/2008 8:36:46 AM PST by
weegee
("Let Me Just Cut You Off, Because I Don't Want You To Waste Your Question" - B.Obama Dec 16, 2008)
To: Between the Lines
You can read a lot of the book
The Taqwacores here.
19 posted on
12/24/2008 9:38:22 AM PST by
AZLiberty
(I hope Obama changes.)
To: Between the Lines
I expect that an “Allah was a punk rocker” bumper sticker would liven up the commute just a tad.
22 posted on
12/24/2008 10:17:26 AM PST by
norton
To: Between the Lines
“The Catcher in the Rye” for young Muslims I was thinking more like The Turner Diaries.
24 posted on
12/24/2008 12:46:45 PM PST by
PistolPaknMama
(Al-Queda can recruit on college campuses but the US military can't! --FReeper airborne)
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