Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Taqwacore

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was withdrawn. Those sources sound reasonable to me. >Radiant< 08:25, 17 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Taqwacore

This article on a "new genre" of music lacks sources and consists primarily of external links to bands. >Radiant< 14:12, 16 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. The article needs improvement, but a Google search seems to indicate that this is a real and notable genre. Here's a Guardian article as a start. Propaniac 16:11, 16 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- A Google News Search uncovers another article, from the Boston Globe, that could probably be used as a reference, but the full text isn't available for free. Propaniac 16:15, 16 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per cited references in the article, and the existence of other articles in Category:Taqwacore. As a cultural phenomenon, Islamic punk is here to stay. Shalom ^Hello 16:23, 16 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep This is a bona fide, real genre of music. Chubbles 22:50, 16 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep its a new genre of music with an article about it in a major newspaper. Pats Sox Princess 01:12, 17 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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