'The Hunter S. Thompson of Islamic Literature...an easy, funny read but, at another level and without labouring the point, it's also profoundly challenging.' Brian Whitaker, The Guardian

'Sooner or later Punk and Islam were fated to meet and produce strange offspring. This excellent novel represents the first blast of the trumpet - loud and utterly unique.' Hakim Bey

'Michael Muhammad Knight is an excellent, intelligent writer...The Taqwacores is a highly engaging read. It's an interesting, bold, and highly controversial concept; but more importantly it's entertaining and thought-provoking.' Rock Sound Magazine

'Wonderfully inventive' New Internationalist

'A manifesto for the Muslim punk movement' Newsweek

'Groundbreaking' Macleans Magazine

'An absolutely fascinating book...Michael Muhammed Knight has bravely written what could well become an essential text.' Beat Motel

'Infinitely readable.' Maximum Rocknroll

'Michael Muhammad Knight's The Taqwacores is a step in the right direction. Ostensibly a story about Muslim Punks sharing a house in Buffalo, New York, The Taqwacores is about questioning the values of a society or culture when they appear, on a personal level, to be wrong or outdated.' 3 am Magazine

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