3/1/09I’ve got the Muslim Edge
As the Reagan era began, Americans found themselves deeply submerged by the subtle but tangible shift in societal norms that came about as a result of the Administration’s force-feeding of Patriotic and Conservative dogma into the American way of life. This tide of nationalism banded the nation together and managed to create a false sense of oneness, community, and belonging, but the tide would never have reached its shores had it not been for the whirlwind of media-spin, exploiting it all and edging it along; with the Cold War brewing, Evangelists conquered the airwaves while “Fundamentalist Christianity” began to surge and exert its political influence. Of course, the take-home message here isn’t about this shift, this movement itself – rather, the focus here should be on the fact that for every strong, surging movement the world has witnessed, there inevitably comes the oft-derided counter-movement.
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I could not agree with the writer any more! I myself am a revert to Islam who likes Hardcore/Punk and have long taken on the sXe lifestyle, which is naturally compatible with Islam.
Indeed, my acceptance of Islam was a natural conclusion to these values, although the primary reason I took Shahada was due to its spiritual ideals and arguments, i.e. its conception of the One God and our relation to Him, free from the Trinitarian doctrine I had been accustomed to.
The Straight Edge lifestyle should be publicized more so that young Muslims who feel the conflicting pressures to “fit in” and remain true to their Islamic identity, will realize there is a perfect expression of that - and this is called Straight Edge.
assalam alaykum i’m a straight edge muslim from sardinia-italy. the lifestyle promoted by the quran was sxe before minor threat, of course, but a lot of straight edge guys dont know that. what they want it’s the same: good things against bad ones. life, against death. unity against division. God against shaytan. i think a lot of sxe guys wiil appreciate islam if only they could know it.
peace