[Reader-list] Bengaluru Talkies: [Screening] 'A Jihad for Love' by Parvez Sharma - 21st December, 2014; Time: 18.30 @ Paradigm Shift

[Kabir Khan]

Bengaluru Talkies: [Screening] ‘A Jihad for Love’ by Parvez Sharma – 21st
December, 2014; Time: 18.30 @ Paradigm Shift
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In the present times of ours when #LoveJihad seems to be a new fad, and
Indian queer movement seeing a tilt towards extreme right, Islamophobia at
its peak even within the movement- we have decided to screen "Jihad for
Love" by Parvez Sharma at Paradigm Shift.

About the movie: 'A Jihad for Love' is an exploratory journey of
individuals who are both Queer and Muslim. It is a quest for love, faith
and identity traveling across twelve geographies in four continents. Its a
narrative where Islam and Queer identity are not standing opposite, they
are rather a part of each other.

"..'A Jihad for Love’ is a daring documentary-filmed in twelve countries
and nine languages. Muslim gay filmmaker Parvez Sharma has gone where the
silence is strongest, filming with great risk in nations where government
permission to make this film was not an option. A Jihad for Love is the
first-ever feature-length documentary to explore the complex global
intersections of Islam and homosexuality.
With unprecedented access and depth, Sharma brings to light the hidden
lives of gay and lesbian Muslims from countries like Iran, Pakistan, Egypt,
Turkey, France, India, and South Africa. The majority of gay and lesbian
Muslims must travel a lonely and often dangerous road. In many nations with
a Muslim majority, laws based on Quranic interpretations are enforced by
authorities to monitor, entrap, imprisonment, torture and even execute
homosexuals.
Even for those who migrate to Europe or North America and adopt Western
personae of “gay,” the relative freedoms of new homelands are mitigated by
persistent racial profiling and intensified state surveillance after the
terrorist attacks in New York, London, and Madrid. As a result, many gay
and lesbian Muslims end up renouncing their religion. The real-life
characters of A Jihad for Love are not willing to abandon a faith they
cherish despite its flaws. Instead, they struggle to reconcile their ardent
belief with the innate reality of their being.
The international chorus of gay and lesbian Muslims brought together by A
Jihad for Love does not seek to vilify or reject Islam, but rather
negotiate a new relationship to it. In doing so, the film’s extraordinary
characters point the way for all Muslims to move beyond the hostile,
war-torn present, toward a more hopeful future. As one can imagine, it was
a difficult decision for the subjects to participate in the film due to the
violence they could face.
However, those who have come forward to tell their stories feel this film
is too important for 1.4 billion Muslims and non-Muslims around the world
for them to say no. They are willing to take the risk in their quest to lay
equal claim to their profoundly held faith..."

A Jihad for Love is produced by Halal Films, in association with the
Sundance Documentary Fund, Channel 4 Television (UK), ZDF (Germany), Arte
(France-Germany), Logo (US) and SBS (Australia).

The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September
2007, and has been screened to great acclaim at several film festivals
around the world. It was the Opening film for the prestigious Panorama
Dokumente section of the Berlin Film Festival in February, 2008. The U.S.
theatrical release was May 21, 2008 at the IFC Center in New York City. The
film screened at the Frameline Film Festival in San Francisco on June 28,
2008, and the Tokyo International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival on July 13,
2008.

Do join us and be a part of Jihad for Love or better say Love Jihad. Its
open and free, vegan cookies and lemon tea shall be waiting for you.

*Date: 21st December, 2014*

*Time: 18:30*

*Venue: Paradigm Shift, 3rd & 4th Floor, 8, 80 Feet Road, Koramangala 4th
Block, Near Sony Signal, Bangalore. *
For more details you can either write to paradigmshiftbangalore at gmail.com
or call +919663427315

Website: http://www.paradigmshift.org.in/
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