A Sinner in Mecca: A Gay Muslim's Hajj of Defiance
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| Rating | : | 4.95 (571 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B06Y1ZBGMD |
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| Number of Pages | : | 423 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-01-08 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Parvez's heroism is rare and his courage well-documented. A brilliant follow up to his films, A Jihad for Love and A Sinner in Mecca."--Reza Aslan, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Zealot. Putting his own life at risk, he takes us on a surprising and compelling journey through the frontlines of his much contested faith
Already under fire for his documentary A Jihad for Love, which looks at the coexistence of Islam and homosexuality, he would undoubtedly face savage punishment if exposed—from being thrown off a cliff to public beheading. Parvez’s odyssey is at once audacious, global, and remarkable. But unlike the journeys of his fellow Muslims, the consequences of his own could be deadly. In A Sinner in Mecca, author and filmmaker Parvez chronicles his pilgrimage as a very openly gay Muslim to Saudi Arabia, where Islam’s heart beats and where being true to himself is punishable by death. Daringly reported from its frontlines and forbidden to most of humanity for centuries. The Hajj pilgrimage is a journey every Muslim is commanded by God to go on at least once in a lifetime if they are able and, like