Written and Directed by
Omar Majeed
Featuring
Michael Muhammad Knight
Basim Usmani
Shahjehan Khan
Arjun Ray
Karna Ray
Imran Malik
Marwan Kamel
Omar Waqar
Kourosh Poursalehi
Sena Hussain
Soma Habib
“Cazz” Rae Turner
Rizwan Ahmed (Mc Riz)
Asif Aktar
Mamoon Rashid
Ammar Aziz
Arieb Azhar
Executive Producers
Daniel Cross
Mila Aung-Thwin
Produced by
Mila Aung-Thwin
Co-Producer
Bob Moore
Cinematography
Zacharie Fay
Mark Ellam
Editing
Omar Majeed
Maxime Chalifoux
Sound Supervisor
Cory Rizos
Sound Editor
Kyle Stanfield
Associate Producer:
Omar Majeed – Basement Inc
Produced with the participation of

Crédit d’impot cinéma et télévision – Gestion SODEC
SODEC
Société de développement des entreprises culturelles – Québec
Programme d’aide aux jeunes créateurs
The Canadian Film and Video Production Tax Credit

Produced and Developed in Association with
SuperChannel

Produced in Association with SBS-TV Australia
Produced with the assistance of
the Canwest-Hot Docs Completion Fund

Produced with the participation of
Rogers Documentary Fund

With the financial participation of

The Banff Film and Television Fund
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Story Editor
Daniel Cross
Editing Consultant
Peter Wintonick
2nd Unit Director (Pakistan)
Steven Moore
Production Supervisor
Bob Moore
Production Managers
Halima Ouardiri
Ammar Aziz (Pakistan)
Production Administrator
Anuj Khosla
Production Co-ordinators
Karina Garcia Casanova
Daniela Flori
Development Producer
John Christou
Post-Production Supervisor
Michael MK Siu
Sound Recordists
Kyle Stanfield
Zacharie Fay
Steven Moore
Omar Majeed
Kieran Quan
Additional Camera:
Steven Moore
Shahjehan Khan (SHAJ-CAM)
Lars-Peter Bjornson
Kyle Stanfield
Omar Majeed
Robin McKenna
Michael MK Siu
Richard Boyce
Ryan Mullins
Mila Aung-Thwin
Jennifer Stolte
Dialogue Editor
Cory Rizos
Re-recording Mixers
Cory Rizos
Gavin Fernandes
Online Editor
Michael MK Siu
Post-Production Consultant
Gary Evans
Translators
Shahjehan Khan
Asmaa Malik
Dr. Malik M.A. Khan
Language Marketplace Translation
Foley Artists
Jacques A. Levesque
Paul Hubert
Foley Recordist
Eric Lagacé
Sound Mix Assistant
Isabelle Lussier
Online Consultant
Francis Hanneman
Post-Production Assistant
Eddie Duff
Xi Feng
Colorist
Eric Gaudry
Production Accountant
Anuj Khosla
Legal Counsel
Dean Chenoy – Heenan Blaikie
Bookkeeping
Laura Wills
Music Credits:
“Sharia Law in the U.S.A”
performed by The Kominas
“Chakhu”
performed by The Kominas
“Blow Shit Up”
performed by The Kominas
“Par Desi”
performed by The Kominas
“9000 Miles”
performed by The Kominas
“Ignorance”
performed by Diacritical
“An Accusation”
performed by Diacritical
“Muhammad Was a Punk Rocker”
performed by Vote Hezbollah
“Middle Eastern Zombies”
performed by Secret Trial Five
“Peshkar”
performed by Enayet Hossain
“Disorientation”
performed by Al-Thawra
“Miskeen”
performed by Al-Thawra
“Al-alwan Al-Dunya”
performed by Al-Thawra
“Taqsim”
performed by Al-Thawra
“Jogi Ho”
performed by Musarrat Nazir
“Haye We Mari”
performed by Musarrat Nazir
“Julhay”
performed by Rupan Sarkar
“Pooja Karoonga Teri Yar”
Performed by The Kominas featuring Sarmust
Original Score composed by
Omar Waqar
Excerpts from The Taqwacores written by
Michael Muhammad Knight
Visual Archives
CBC TV & Radio
MTV Archives
Matt Scott (Al-Thawra Video)
Still Photography
Kim Badawi – Redux Pictures
Graphic Design
Asmaa Malik
Goodloe Byron
Kourosh Poursalehi
Todd Stewart
Visual FX
Omar Majeed
Micheal MK Siu
Xi Feng
Interns
Anjet Blinde
Bachir Boumediene
Hillary Dort
Benoît Felici
Drew Williamson
Allegra Young
Special Thanks
Asmaa Malik
Azed Majeed
Musarrat Nazir
Zeelaf, Tina, Ishy
Amir & Django
Arshad Majeed
The Usmani Family
The Khan family
Germaine Ying
Gee Wong
Farha TernikarTravis Vande Berg
Amina Wadud
El-Farouk Khaki
Stephen Steim
Arjun Ray & the Ray Family
Nauman, Sarah &
the Malik Family
Irshad Manji
Mark Cauchi
Rui Pimenta
Mary Poivan
Mark Atkin
Mustafa Ali
Sally Bochner
Hannele Halm
Tony Asimakopoulos
Brett Gaylor
Yung Chang
Thomas Alexander
Fabrizio Filippo
Asif Akhtar
Issam Ahmed
Foaad Nizam
The Aziz Family
Omid Safi
Laury Silvers
Allah Made me Funny
Bari Studios (Lahore)
Riot Productions (Lahore)
Toronto Documentary Forum
Sheffield Doc Fest & MeetMarket
Banff Documart
Red Emma’s Bookstore
Pages Bookstore/Tinars
The Gladstone Hotel
The Allah School in Harlem
La Casa Maldita
& The Basement Collective.
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