A Jihad for Love
by Parvez Sharma
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Actor: -Director: Parvez Sharma
Brand: Koch International
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); Arabic (Original Language); English (Original Language); French (Original Language); Farsi (Original Language); Urdu (Original Language); Hindi (Original Language); Turkish (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 81 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2009-04-21
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: FIRST RUN FEATURES
DVD Reviews of A Jihad for Love
DVD Review: The religion of peace does not want to slaughter anyone
Summary: 1 Stars
Some people may have the impression that Muslims are commanded to murder gay people. They probably got this idea from one or two media reports about homo's in Islamic countries. Allah has given humanity a set of rules to follow in order to ensure that societies run smoothly. He has told us what we can eat, drink, and how men and women should interact with each other. He has also told us what we should not do. In order for there to be a moral and just society, people must follow the rules that God has made and when those rules are broken, then the punishment must come.The people behind this film are ignorant of this basic Islamic teaching and it lacks a balanced approach to the subject.
A clip is shown in the film of a woman praying and the camera is positioned to show her rear end while she is prostrating. Many non-Muslims out there will be fine with a woman bending over in front of the camera while she is praying, but true Muslims will have a problem with this. Why. Because it opens the door to thoughts that should not be in the minds of men. The reason why women and men are separated during prayer is to prevent men from seeing women in positions that would be tempting. The director tells me by showing a woman bending over in prayer that he is ignorant of the system that Allah wants men and women to follow.
There was also a scene when two gay men began to cry because they are about to be separated from each other. They eventually show them walking under a copy of the Quran asking it to give them blessings. This, according to the scholars, is an act of ignorance in Islam. It is the same as going to a person's grave and asking for help. This is the kind of superstitious behavior that the ignorant followers of Islam practice and it shows what kind of mindset a gay Muslim man or woman has.
The ending of this film had a nice touch. It showed Muslim youth reading the Quran and swaying back and forth like they were robots or parrots who do not understand what they are reading. It's as if the director wants to say that either you are like these narrow minded Muslims or you are an open minded Muslim that accepts homosexuality in Islam.
There is a man who actually attempts to justify homosexuality through the Quran. His position is that the people of the Prophet Lut were criminals and rapists and that is the only reason Allah destroyed them. It has nothing to do with them being gay. In other words Allah does not have any problem with men being homosexuals as long as they don't rape other men.
Now I am all for using your mind and not being a blind follower of any religion including Islam, but I have a real problem with someone looking at the color black and saying that there is a possibility that it might be gray.
Here are ten different translations of chapter/verse 27:55 in the Quran so that there will not be any confusion as to what the meaning is:
Yusuf Ali - "Would ye really approach men in your lusts rather than women? Nay, ye are a people (grossly) ignorant!" Pickthal - Must ye lust after men instead of women? Nay, but ye are folk who act senselessly. Arberry - What! do you approach men lustfully instead of women? No, you are a people that are ignorant.' Shakir- What! do you indeed approach men lustfully rather than women? Nay, you are a people who act ignorantly. Sarwar - Do you have carnal relations with men rather than women? You are ignorant people". Khalifa - "You practice sex with the men, lustfully, instead of the women. Indeed, you are ignorant people." Hilali/Khan- "Do you approach men in your lusts rather than women? Nay, but you are a people who behave senselessly." Malik - Do you approach men for your sexual desires instead of women? The fact is that you are a people steeped in ignorance." Maulana Ali- Will you come to men lustfully rather than women? Nay, you are a people who act ignorantly. Qaribullah - "Do you approach men lustfully instead of women! No, you are an ignorant nation."
A similar verse is found in 7:81 which it calls homosexuals transgressors or rule breakers. So is there any doubt as to what position Allah- the author of the Quran and creator of the universe- has in regards to homosexuals? It is as clear as daylight that men are only to have relations with women and vice versa in Quran. So you either believe in Allah and his revelation or you don't. I wish the director or producer would have allowed a Muslim to use this simple logic instead of the rigid Imam that was in it. One could even go to non-Muslim countries like China or Russia and you will find that homosexuality is something to be frowned upon. So before people start criticizing Islam for prohibiting the gay lifestyle, there should be an honest look at why it is something that the majority of mankind have a problem with.
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