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Rock and the Protests in Iran
Posted in: General,News Items,Politics by Tom Beaudoin on June 21, 2009
Watching rough video of the breathtaking protests in Iran, I saw a protester wearing an AC/DC shirt, and several more (men) wearing identifiably rock-related clothing, and immediately thought of the research published by Dr. Mark LeVine, historian at UC Irvine and author of Heavy Metal Islam. He has recently written that “rock music has become one of the most vibrant forces for critiquing the various ills of Iranian society, and the basic ideology of the Islamic Republic as well.” See his post on rock’s relation to resistance in Iran at the Huffington Post here. (Also check out the chapter from HMI on Iran that he generously makes available.)
It is increasingly evident that no full accounting of rock and theology can be satisfactory unless it can register the importance of rock cultures among Muslims / in Islamic cultures.
UPDATE: New interview with LeVine here.
Tom Beaudoin
Hastings-on-Hudson, New York
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