I hope theaters aren't bombed when this is shown.
‘A Sinner in Mecca’ documents gay Muslim pilgrimage
Director of film giving inside glance into hajj, filmed on iPhone, calls for reform in Islam, saying it’s ‘imploding upon itself’
BY JENNIE MATTHEW August 31, 2015, 4:52 am
This undated handout photo provided August 24, 2015 courtesy of MURPHY PR, an entertainment public relations and marketing firm based in New York City, shows filmmaker Parvez Sharma. (AFP PHOTO / HANDOUT / COURTESY OF MURPHY PR)
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A new film made by a gay Muslim pilgrim offers a English-speaking Western audience a warts-and-all view of the annual pilgrimage to Mecca in a documentary that has attracted death threats and an online hate campaign.
It is a rebuke of Saudi Arabia and its strict Wahhabi form of Islam, but it is also deeply personal — a man trying to reconcile his faith with his sexuality.
From that perspective which includes footage of his wedding to his American husband in New York, millions of Muslims will likely find “A Sinner in Mecca” provocative if not offensive.
But director and pilgrim, Indian-born New Yorker Parvez Sharma, sees it as a wake-up call for a faith followed by nearly a quarter of humanity which he believes has been hijacked by a violent minority.
‘A Sinner in Mecca’ documents gay Muslim pilgrimage?
‘A Sinner in Mecca’ documents gay Muslim pilgrimage
Director of film giving inside glance into hajj, filmed on iPhone, calls for reform in Islam, saying it’s ‘imploding upon itself’
BY JENNIE MATTHEW August 31, 2015, 4:52 am
This undated handout photo provided August 24, 2015 courtesy of MURPHY PR, an entertainment public relations and marketing firm based in New York City, shows filmmaker Parvez Sharma. (AFP PHOTO / HANDOUT / COURTESY OF MURPHY PR)
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A new film made by a gay Muslim pilgrim offers a English-speaking Western audience a warts-and-all view of the annual pilgrimage to Mecca in a documentary that has attracted death threats and an online hate campaign.
It is a rebuke of Saudi Arabia and its strict Wahhabi form of Islam, but it is also deeply personal — a man trying to reconcile his faith with his sexuality.
From that perspective which includes footage of his wedding to his American husband in New York, millions of Muslims will likely find “A Sinner in Mecca” provocative if not offensive.
But director and pilgrim, Indian-born New Yorker Parvez Sharma, sees it as a wake-up call for a faith followed by nearly a quarter of humanity which he believes has been hijacked by a violent minority.
‘A Sinner in Mecca’ documents gay Muslim pilgrimage?
