A Jihad for Love
Director  arvez SharmaYear: 2007 Country: Various Rating: 14A Length: 81 minutes Language: English Genre: Documentary |
Parvez Sharma, a gay filmmaker, travels the many worlds of the dynamic Muslim faith discovering the stories of its most unlikely storytellers: lesbian and gay Muslims.
Filmed over five and a half years, in 12 countries and 9 languages, “A Jihad for Love” comes from the heart of Islam. Looking beyond a hostile and war-torn present, this film seeks to reclaim the Islamic concept of a greater Jihad, which can mean ‘an inner struggle’ or ‘to strive in the path of God’. In doing so the film and its remarkable subjects move beyond the narrow concept of ‘Jihad’ as holy war.
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Website: http://ajihadforlove.com
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78jUBRio3So
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