# The Muslims

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{{short description|American punk-rock band}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| origin          = [Durham, North Carolina](/source/Durham%2C_North_Carolina), US<ref name="soundsphere">{{cite web |last1=Mitra |first1=Jay |title=Meet The Muslims: the PoC punk band putting the Sex Pistols to shame |url=https://www.soundspheremag.com/spotlight/band/meet-the-muslims-the-poc-punk-band-putting-the-sex-pistols-to-shame/ |website=Soundsphere |access-date=14 April 2025}}</ref>
| genre           = [Punk rock](/source/punk-rock)<ref name="musicconnectionmuslims">{{cite web |last1=Callwood |first1=Brett |title=Signing Stories: The Muslims |url=https://www.musicconnection.com/signing-stories-the-muslims/ |website=[Music Connection](/source/Music_Connection) |access-date=14 April 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250302030300/https://www.musicconnection.com/signing-stories-the-muslims/ |archive-date=2 March 2025 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="kerrang">{{cite web |last1=Pearlman |first1=Mischa |title=Album review: The Muslims – Fuck These Fuckin Fascists |url=https://www.kerrang.com/album-review-the-muslims-fuck-these-fuckin-fascists |website=[Kerrang!](/source/Kerrang!) |access-date=14 April 2025}}</ref>

| years_active    = {{Start date|2017}}<ref name=musicconnectionmuslims/><ref name="indyweek1">{{cite web |last1=Kariisa |first1=Jessica |title=The Muslims’ Latest Album Has a Clear Message: ‘Fuck These Fucking Fascists.’ |url=https://indyweek.com/music/the-muslims-fuck-these-fucking-fascists/ |website=[Indy Week](/source/Indy_Week) |access-date=14 April 2025}}</ref>–present
| label           = [Epitaph](/source/Epitaph_Records)<ref name=indyweek1/><ref name="spin">{{cite web |last1=Stratis |first1=Niko |title=The Muslims Aren’t Messing Around |url=https://www.spin.com/2021/09/muslims-epitaph-punk-interview/ |website=[Spin](/source/Spin_(magazine)) |access-date=14 April 2025}}</ref>
| current_members = QADR ([lead singer](/source/lead_singer), [guitarist](/source/guitarist))<br>Ba7ba7 ([drummer](/source/drummer))<br>Abu Shea ([bassist](/source/bassist))
| website         = {{URL|themuslims.com}}
}}
'''The Muslims''' are an American [punk-rock](/source/punk-rock) band from [Durham, North Carolina](/source/Durham%2C_North_Carolina).<ref name="soundsphere"/>

== History ==
The band was founded in 2017 as a reaction to the [election of Donald Trump](/source/2016_United_States_presidential_election) by [lead singer](/source/lead_singer) and [guitarist](/source/guitarist) QADR, [drummer](/source/drummer) Ba7ba7, and [bassist](/source/bassist) Abu Shea.<ref name=indyweek1/><ref name="epitaphbio">{{cite web |title=The Muslims Bio |url=https://www.epitaph.com/artists/the-muslims/bio |website=[Epitaph Records](/source/Epitaph_Records) |access-date=14 April 2025}}</ref><br>

QADR and Ba7ba7 had previously played together in a [Greensboro](/source/Greensboro%2C_North_Carolina)-based protest band called ''Cakalak Thunder''.<ref name=indyweek1/> The Muslims played their first [show](/source/Concert) in a [shed](/source/shed) in [North Carolina](/source/North_Carolina) and have been "featured on NPR, Afropunk, Buzzfeed, The Guardian, PunkBlack, Dying Scene and more." QADR has named being inspired by "Black artists such as Bobby Hackney Sr. (Death), Nina Simone, Jimi Hendrix, and Poly Styrene (X-Ray Spex)" for their songwriting. <ref name="epitaphbio" />

Since their first show, The Muslims have since accumulated over 3 million [streams](/source/Streaming_media) across [Spotify](/source/Spotify), [YouTube](/source/YouTube) and [SoundCloud](/source/SoundCloud).<ref name="songstats">{{cite web |title=The Muslims - Analytics |url=https://songstats.com/artist/qbd4s8yv/the-muslims |website=Songstats |access-date=14 April 2025}}</ref>  

== Discography ==
;Albums
*''The Muslims'' (2018)
*''Mayo Supreme'' (2019)
*''Gentrified Chicken'' (2020)
*''Inshallah: Tomorrow We Inherit the Earth'' (2020)
*''Fuck These Fuckin Fascists'' (2021)<ref name="metalorgiedisc">{{cite web |title=The Muslims - Discographie |url=https://www.metalorgie.com/groupe/The-Muslims/discographie#band-content |website=Metalorgie |access-date=14 April 2025 |language=French}}</ref>

== References ==
{{reflist}}
Category:Musical groups from North Carolina
Category:American punk rock groups
Category:LGBTQ-related music

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