{"product_id":"9781593762292","title":"The Taqwacores","description":"\u003cbr\u003eA Muslim punk house in Buffalo, New York, inhabited by burqa-wearing riot girls, mohawked Sufis, straightedge Sunnis, Shi’a skinheads, Indonesian skaters, Sudanese rude boys, gay Muslims, drunk Muslims, and feminists. Their living room hosts parties and prayers, with a hole smashed in the wall to indicate the direction of Mecca. Their life together mixes sex, dope, and religion in roughly equal amounts, expressed in devotion to an Islamo-punk subculture, “taqwacore,” named for taqwa, an Arabic term for consciousness of the divine.\u003cbr\u003eOriginally self-published on photocopiers and spiralbound by hand, \u003ci\u003eThe Taqwacores\u003c\/i\u003e has now come to be read as a manifesto for Muslim punk rockers and a “\u003ci\u003eCatcher in the Rye\u003c\/i\u003e for young Muslims.”\u003cp\u003eThere are three different cover colors; red, white, and blue.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Soft Skull Press, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47035477754096,"sku":"9781593762292","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781593762292_p0.jpg?v=1763813338","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781593762292","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}