The plight of Muslim gays
di Kenneth Turan The Los Angeles Times
Gay Indian activist-filmmaker Parvez Sharma uses the word "jihad" not in its current meaning of "holy war" but in its traditional sense of "struggle" or "to strive in the path of God." "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, which is widely believed to condemn homosexuality, based on a brief passage in the Koran referring to the fate of Sodom and Gomorrah and some statements attributed to the prophet Muhammad. [...]
di Kenneth Turan, articolo completo (1606 caratteri spazi inclusi) su The Los Angeles Times 1 agosto 2008
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