Muslim sues over punk song depiction

DENVER (AP) - A Denver-based Muslim writer and lawyer whose family is active in Republican politics has sued 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 a band called The Kominas to write defamatory lyrics describing her performing a sex act.

"The purpose ... of these highly offensive, denigrating and defamatory lyrics was to mock, deride and ridicule Hasan," Hasan’s attorney wrote in the lawsuit.

Knight, who met Hasan while interviewing other Muslims across the United States, denied the claim.

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