Punk's about rebellion for the individual. Islam as it's been preached is about conformity for the greater social good. The very idea of Muslim punks is hard for anyone to understand; for traditional Muslims it's just about impossible, making this relatively sudden explosion of a scene even more shocking. And that much more tasty.
Islam is the youngest of the three major monotheistic religions, and not by a little bit. It's not had nearly as long as Christianity or Judaism for its adherents to grow beyond the orthodoxy, and the predominant teachings have been pretty tightly controlled despite the lack of a hierarchy or central authority.
One very interesting idea that's stuck with me for quite a while is the relative youth of the religion and its coming to maturity at an accelerated pace. Sure it's been around for 1,400 years, but that hasn't been long enough as mentioned above for there to be an effective historical examination of Islam, the Qura'an, and the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). The Islamic belief is that the Qura'an is the direct and unchanging word of God. So the idea of a historical examination of its genesis (hah!) is uncomfortable. We're not big on the idea there may have been human alterations to its word. To suggest so ain't taken well, to say the least.
Having said all that, it's going to happen. Fast. Faster than Christianity, and waaaaay faster than Judaism. It's gonna hurt, like tearing off a Band-Aid the size of your entire chest. (Yes, there's hair. Ow.) We've only started to acknowledge that the elements of rebellion exist, but we're still often blaming "The West" instead of admitting it comes from within. Queer Muslims, punk Muslims, and 70-something other main practices beyond Sufi, Druze, and other less-known approaches.
Being of the Sunni majority, I frequently heard that The Others were misinformed, following the wrong message, etc. Easy to believe that when you're the biggest group by far. Hard to remember that truth is too subjective to say the other person is wrong.
