The inspired
Besides inspiring the subgenre of Muslim punk rock, Michael Muhammad Knight’s novel The Taqwacores inspired author Asra Nomani to lead a mixed-gender prayer in March 2005. In the novel, a burqa-clad riot girl Rabeya gives a Friday sermon and leads a mixed-gender prayer. The Taqwacore movement is also a part of several college curriculum including Vassar College in New York. Two films—a feature film based on the novel by Eyad Zahra and a documentary by Omar Majeed—are expected to be released in the first half of 2009. Meanwhile, Knight is busy completing his next novel titled, Osama Van Halen.
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