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Sean Muttaqi was in the early 1980's punk band Legal Suicide, and went on to form the infamous hardcore punk band Vegan Reich in 1987. With the demise of Vegan Reich in the early 90's, Muttaqi did a stint in the Reggae band Captive Nation Rising and later played in the band Pressure (along with Chuck Treece and Ray Rodriguez). He also pioneered the hardline and Vegan Straight Edge movements. He founded Uprising Records of Los Angeles, California in 1994. Having explored Rastafarianism, Buddhism, and Taoism in his younger years, Muttaqi finally embracing a Shi'ite-influenced form of Sufism, or Islamic mysticism, some time in the 1990s. During this time, he wrote some vegetarian and environmental pamphlets from a Muslim perspective, under the pen name of Shahid 'Ali Muttaqi, and was heavily involved with the Ahl-i Allah and Taliyah al-Mahdi movements. His most current endeavors in music are in production, having worked on the American Black Lung and Amir Sulaiman albums.
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