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DESCRIPTION:"Taqwacore: The Birth of Punk Islam" Screening and Q&amp\;A wit
 h Director Omar Majeed From the film’s website: "When he was 17\, Michael 
 Knight left his mother’s home in Rochester to study Islam at a Pakistani m
 adrassa. It was his first act of rebellion – against his abusive\, schizop
 hrenic\, white-supremacist father. Years later\, burned out on the demands
  of religious dogma\, Mike rebelled once more – by penning a Muslim Punk m
 anifesto called The Taqwacores. His work of fiction struck a chord with yo
 ung Muslims around the world and before long\, real-life Taqwacore bands w
 ere creating a scene. This film follows Michael and his band of Muslim pun
 ks as they journey across the U.S. and Pakistan\, transforming their world
 s\, their religion and themselves through the spirit of Taqwacore."&nbsp\;
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SUMMARY:MES presents: Screening and Q&A with Director Omar Majeed
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:"Taqwacore: The Birth of Punk Islam" Screening
  and Q&amp\;A with Director Omar Majeed From the film’s website: "When he 
 was 17\, Michael Knight left his mother’s home in Rochester to study Islam
  at a Pakistani madrassa. It was his first act of rebellion – against his 
 abusive\, schizophrenic\, white-supremacist father. Years later\, burned o
 ut on the demands of religious dogma\, Mike rebelled once more – by pennin
 g a Muslim Punk manifesto called The Taqwacores. His work of fiction struc
 k a chord with young Muslims around the world and before long\, real-life 
 Taqwacore bands were creating a scene. This film follows Michael and his b
 and of Muslim punks as they journey across the U.S. and Pakistan\, transfo
 rming their worlds\, their religion and themselves through the spirit of T
 aqwacore."&nbsp\;
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