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A Jihad for Love

2007 · 1h 21m · UNRATED Documentary
Directed by Parvez Sharma

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A documentary on gay, lesbian, and transgender Muslims across the Muslim and Western worlds.

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78%
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Rotten

Covering more than half a dozen countries, Sharma stretches himself too thin, and as a result the documentary seems sketchy; he would have done well to present on-screen some of the background information in his production notes.

Andrea Gronvall, Chicago Reader
Rotten

For all the research, courage and passion that went into it, the movie is sometimes curiously one-note.

John Hartl, Seattle Times
Fresh

[Director Sharma's] focus on religion and this particular religion's all but certain hostility to same-sex love means there can be no answers to the spiritual searching of many of his characters.

Philip Kennicott, Washington Post
Fresh

Often fascinating and provocative, although, as a film, it feels a bit long and somewhat repetitive.

David Wiegand, San Francisco Chronicle
Fresh

A Jihad for Love is a courageous documentary on the plight of gays in the Muslim world, and it reveals how the devout attempt to reconcile their sexual orientation and their faith.

Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times

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