Info on band's MySpace, etc., below this piece. -B]
http://www.denverpost.com/headlines/ci_7262553
Local author says Muslim writer, band defamed her By Arthur Kane The Denver Post
Article Last Updated: 10/24/2007 04:14:21 AM MDT
A Denver lawyer and writer is suing an East Coast Muslim writer and a Muslim punk band, charging they defamed her in a song.
Asma Gull Hasan claims Michael Muhammad Knight wrote an unflattering portrayal of her in his book "Blue- Eyed Devil" and influenced The Kominas to write defamatory lyrics describing her performing a sex act.
"The purpose ... of these highly offensive, denigrating and defamatory lyrics (written and performed by The Kominas with Knight's knowledge, encouragement and support) was to mock, deride and ridicule Hasan," Hasan's attorney wrote in the lawsuit, filed Friday in Denver.
Knight, who met Hasan while interviewing other Muslims in America, said he never defamed her in his book and did not influence The Kominas' music. "You can't defeat writers by censoring or punishing them, you only defeat writers by outwriting them," Knight wrote in an e-mail response to The Denver Post. "And she can't do that, so she has to resort to this."
Hasan, who has supported the U.S.-led invasion and occupation of Iraq, is the author of "American Muslims: The New Generation" and "Why I Am a Muslim: An American Odyssey" and has written opinion columns for The Post. She claims Knight's book portrays her falsely as "wealthy, self-absorbed, insensitive and acutely uninformed."
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THE KOMINAS ON MYSPACE: http://www.myspace.com/thekominas
I like the song "Blow Shit Up." The Kominas hate Bush, btw. :)
Blog entry about this lawsuit is here, tagged under "Romance and Relationships" - haha: http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=7697126&blogID=322181237&indicate=1