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A Jihad for Love (2008)

Director - Parvez Sharma

Producer - Sandi Simcha Dubowski

Cinematography - Parvez Sharma, Berke Baş,David W. Leitner

Writer - Javed Haider Zaidi

Cast - Imam Muhsin Hendricks,Arsham Parsi,Maryam,Abdellah,Mazen,Ferda,Qasim,Ahsan,Amir,Mojtaba,Kiymet,Sana,Maha,Pedram Abdi (Payam)

Languages - Arabic,Farsi,Urdu,Bengali, Hindi,English,French,German,English,Turkish,etc

Genre - •LGBTQ •Islam •Documentary

Year of Release - 21 May,2008

Box office - $105,651

Awards - •Best Documentary Award,MIX BRASIL •Best Documentary, Image+Nation Film Festival •Best Documentary,The Tri-Continental Film Festival,India • GLAAD Media Award •Teddy Award,etc

A Jihad for Love (preceded by a short film called In the Name of Allah) is an award-winning international documentary on Homosexuality & Islam.It took total six years to make this groundbreaking documentary.Parvez Sharma took the risk to film this documentary in most dangerous country (like Islamic Republic of Iran,Iraq, Saudi Arabia,Pakistan,Egypt).Homosexuality is a punishable crime in most Muslim World.

The work that Sharma started with this film has become a staple in many books on Islam and at U.S. University libraries.The website Faith in Equality put it at number 9 in a list of LGBT films about faith.IMDb rates the film at 13 on its list of 58 titles under the category of "Best documentaries on religion, spirituality & cults".The film first premiered at the TIFF in 2007, and has been screened to great acclaim at several film festivals around the world.The film went on to win 15 other international awards.

Plot

At starting it shows a glimpse of Islam across the globe.The film first featured Hendrick Muhsin, a South African,Pakistani Gay & Muslim.He is also the first Out Gay Imam of Africa.Filmmaker Parvez got into the deep of Hendicks's personal life struggles,his understanding of Islam & reconciliation of intersecting identities.

Mazen, an Egyptian effeminate muslim was arrested in 2001, in a gay nightclub named Queen Boat.He was beaten,forced to stand trial twice on "debauchery" charges & sentenced to a total of 4 years in prison, where he was raped.He eventually moved to Paris.Mazen also has left his families & friends in Egypt.

Sana is a Black Lesbian refugee, & a victim of FGM.She has a deeper understanding of Islam & told Parvez that Queerness is not against Islam.Sana didn't have any kind of sexual relation with any women.But she had intimate loving relations with women.Like others, she came to France as a refugee.Sana befriend with Maryam & Mazen.

Maryam is Moroccan-born queer womxn who lives in Paris.Her girlfriend Maha lives in Egypt.Both lovers met each other on Bint-al Nas - a meeting site for Arab LBTQ womxn.Maryam still believes that she deserves punishment for her lesbian sexual relationship.Both have survived abusive marriages and can only share their love for each other in private.Maryam & Maha go on a shared journey of search and discovery of female homosexuality.In Al-Azhar, they discover an old bookstore where they find a copy of the Fiqh al-Sunnah(The Laws of the Prophet).In the heart of an ancient mosque in the Citadel,they discover beautiful Islamic calligraphy as they declare their impossible love for each other.

Amir, an Iranian gay shia who has respect for Imam Hosseini.He sacrificed his life for Allah & reconciling his muslim faith.While in Iran, he was persecuted under the charges of illicit sexual conduct,illicit mannerism & received 100 lashes.After being brutally beaten and tortured in the police custody.The judge also threatened Amir that he should be punished by stoning.However he was sentenced to flogging.He told Sharma that Allah helped him to escape this traumatic situation.He fled to Turkey as soon as well.There he met 3 gay refugees - Arsham,Payam,Mojtaba.Mojtaba, another (Persian) gay muslim who ran away from Iran,due to his same sex marriage ceremony in 2005.

Ferda & Kiymet are a happy couple in Turkiye.Kiymet belongs from a conservative family.In her early Kiymet's marriage was fixed with a man.Kiymet's marriage ended up at divorce.Then she found Ferda, her soulmate.Ferda's mom is very supportive & tolerant of sexuality.Ferda is a devout sufi queer muslim, who honors Rumi - a prominent sufi icon for both LGBTQ+ & Straight Muslims.

Ahsan & Qasim are queer platonic friends.Ahsan is a Sunni Muslim & Qasim is a Shia Muslim.Both men, belongs from poor backgrounds do not adopt the western peronae of ‘gay’ and instead rely on vernacular terms.Ahsan & Qasim are part of transvestite,transgender community called Zenana,Kothi in Northern India.Most of these community hide themselves from public.Ahsan,Qasim find a safe space in his community.While Qasim is struggling with his sexuality in heteronormative society.

The filmmaker also documented the diverse tolerance of sexuality in sufi traditions (Pakistan,India & Turkey).

Is it the first film on Islam & Homosexuality?

''A Jihad for Love'' is called world's 1st film on Islam & Homosexuality.A Jihad for Love would be an international feature documentary film rather than world's first film on LGBT muslims.However there are several films that focused on LGBTQ muslim or Queerness in Islam.For Example:

Road to Love (2001)

Act of Faith (2002)

Haremde dört kadin (1965)

Hammam al-Malatily (1973)

Köçek (1975)

Ihtiras Firtinasi (1984)

My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)

Marcides (1993)

Istanbul Beneath My Wings (1996)

Hamam (1997)

Lola & Billy the Kid (1999)

Production

Bismillah (In the name of Allah) was considered as an early working title for this documentary.Among muslims,the word Bismillah is very auspicious & used before beginning actions,speech,writing.But the tittle was not considered as the final title of this film due to controversy.

A Jihad for Love is produced by Halal Films, in association with the Sundance Documentary Film Fund,Channel 4 (UK),ZDF (Germany),Arte (France-Germany),Logo (US) & SBS Australia.The director & producer Parvez Sharma & co-producer Sandi Dubowski raised more than a million dollars over a 6 years period to make the film.

In an interview with The NY Times,Parvez Sharma said that he "would shoot touristy footage on the first 15 minutes & the last 15 minutes of a tape", with interviews for documentary in between, to avoid having his footage seized at customs.He compiled 400 hours of footage from a dozen countries ranging from Iraq to Pakistan to the UK.The nature of the work placed him at considerable personal risk.He adopted hardcore guerrilla film-making tactics,pretending to be a tourist in one country,a worker for an AIDS charity in another country.Wherever he went,he asked his queer friends to keep copies of footage and destroy the tapes once he had successfully smuggled the masters out of the country.

During his filmmaking Parvez traveled several countries including Pakistan, Iraq, India, Bangladesh, Egypt, USA, UK, Turkey, France, Saudi Arabia, South Africa,[...].

Interviews

In an interview with NY Times magazine,Parvez Sharma said,"Being gay and Muslim myself,I knew that this film had to be about us all coming out— as Muslims. It's about claiming the Islam that has been denied to us." With a target audience of "faithful Muslims," he undertook a variety of outreach tactics, including leafleting mosques,blanketing MySpace,screening in Astoria for 15 key progressive Muslim leaders.In an interview to Der Spiegel, Sharma explained the significance of the title: "I'm not looking at jihad as battle.I'm looking at the greater jihad in Islam, which is the jihad as the struggle with the self.I also thought it was really compelling to take a word that only has one connotation for most -- to take that, reclaim it and put it in the same phrase as love,which is universal.I really think it explains it very well.

Film Screening

A Jihad for Love first premiered in Toronto International Film Festival(TIFF) in September 2007.At its premier,the director was given a security guard for safety reasons.After this film festival A Jihad for Love got huge applaud internationally.A Jihad for Love film premiered as the opening film of Panorama Documente of the Berlin Film Festival in February 2008.

The film was screened in The Rio Film Festival,Brazil on September 2007,Morelia Film Festival,Mexico, on October 2007,The Sheffield DocFest on November 2007,London Gay & Lesbian Film Festival on March 2008,Melbourne International Film Festival on July 2008,Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival on March 2008,etc.A Jihad for Love's first premier in African continent was The Out in Africa Film Festival in Johannesburg and Cape Town,November 2007. On April,2008 A Jihad for Love film was successfully screened at Istanbul International Film Festival.It was the first time that the film allowed to screen in a muslim-majority country.Film also screened in Q! Film Festival of Indonesia.Although singapore banned the film from festival in 2008 due to its sensitive subject.

Popularity

A Jihad for Love film's sale and broadcast on NDTV, South Asia's largest network in 2008 would have a "remarkable" impact on this LGBTQ cause. "NDTV's broadcast has in effect made the film available to over one billion viewers in India,Bangladesh,Pakistan, & large portions of the Middle East and Africa.The various distributors and their Total Rating Points in European television, the Indian/South-Asian sale with its claimed footprint of 15 billion viewers, the theatrical release & the purportedly large numbers of Netflix viewers made the filmmakers and the TRP experts arrive at a number of 8 million total viewers calculated over a period of four years for this documentary.

International Muslim Dialogue Project

Immediately after the film's theatrical launch around the USA,Parvez & Sandi launched the International Muslim Dialogue Project on 2008.The aim of the project was to organize screenings of the film in Muslim Capitals.Sharma called it the "Underground Network Model" of film distribution.He invented this model sending unmarked DVD's of the film with friends & colleagues to Muslim capitals across the world with full permission to sell pirated copies.Some of the boldest were Beirut,Cairo,Karachi,eight cities in Indonesia & Kuala Lumpur

The film was screened privately screened in Iran,Palestine,Bangladesh and Somalia.

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piyasahaberleri · 8 months

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(Soldan sağa) Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf liderleri Hammad Azhar, Qasim Suri ve Azam Swati. — APP/ /Radyo Pakistan/ PID/X/DosyaCumartesi günü Lahor'daki Federal Soruşturma Ajansı (FIA) Siber Kabahat Dairesi tarafınca toplumsal medya platformlarında devlet kurumlarına karşı düzmece bir kampanya başlatmış olduğu için Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) üst düzey liderlerine karşı bir dava daha açıldı.Eski maliye bakanı Hammad Azhar, Musarrat Jamshed Cheema, eski Ulusal Meclis başkan yardımcısı Qasim Suri, eski Pencap valisi Omar Sarfraz Cheema, Senatör Azam Swati, Istehkam-e-Pakistan Partisi'nden (IPP) Ali Zaidi ve eski PTI kıdemli başkan yardımcısı Fawad Chaudhry bunlar arasındaydı. davada aday gösterilenler. FIA yetkililerine gore, davada adı geçen tüm liderler geçen ay bir izahat için çağrıldı sadece hiçbiri soruşturma teşkilatının huzuruna çıkmadı. “Bu mevzuyla ilgili cevaplarını da vermediler.”Bu durum dikkate alınarak şüpheliler hakkında deliller ve ifadeleri doğrultusunda dava açıldı. FIA yetkilileri, "Şüphelileri yakalamak için takımlar oluşturuldu" dedi.Swati'nin üst düzey askeri yetkililere yönelik tartışmalı tweetleri sebebiyle ülke çapında birçok davada kabahat duyurusunda bulunduğunu burada belirtmek yerinde olacaktır.İlk olarak senatör, resmi Twitter hesabında devrin genelkurmay başkanına, yargıya ve öteki devlet kurumlarına karşı nefret dolu ve tehditkar bir bildiri yayınlamasının peşinden 13 Ekim 2022'de FIA tarafınca tutuklandı.Lahor Kolordu Komutan Evi (Jinnah Evi) ve Genel Karargah (GHQ) dahil olmak suretiyle askeri tesislere meydana getirilen saldırıların peşinden PTI liderliği, aralarında fitne ve terör vakalarının da bulunmuş olduğu bir takım vakayla karşı karşıya kaldı.

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ali-jeffo · 2 years

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https://youtu.be/C8_TaH3SHuo Dil Dil Jan Jan Dharkan Dharkan Pakistan | 14th August 2022 Kids Song | Jashane Azadi Music & Lyrics: Ali Jeffo Producer: S.M.Ali Singers: Noraiz, Anaya Qasim & Rayan Azhar Executive Producer: Ali Jeffo #BachaMasti #14August2022 (at Ali Raza Jeffo) https://www.instagram.com/p/ChMRN_uj2-M/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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lyricsroyal0 · 4 years

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Jo Tu Na Mila Asim Azhar Song Lyrics Hindi

#jo tu na mila #asim azhar #qasim azhar #kunaal vermaa #vyrl originals #hindi song lyrics #new song lyrics #lyrics song #lyricsroyal #lyricist #lyrical #new hindi item songs #new hindi song #new hindi song lyrics #lyrics hindi song #lyrics royal #hindi lyrics #lyrics hindi #new hindi lyrics song

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kamalpreet00 · 5 years

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Song - Dil Mera Singer - Abdullah Muzaffar Presented by Melody Ventures music : Qasim Azhar composition : Hassan hashmi video: Saim Shafiq

#Song - Dil Mera Singer - Abdullah Muzaffar Presented by Melody Ventures music : Qasim Azhar composition : Hassan hashmi video: Saim Shafiq #DilMera

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labbaik-ya-hussain-as · 3 years

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Sh. Azhar Nasser:

Our 20 part series titled "Karbala Chronicles" will premier on August 9th:

https://youtu.be/FGoQnU3fJpM

The series aims to introduce viewers to Imam Hussein (a) and the noble personalities who supported him.

Below is a breakdown of what will be covered:

Episode 1: Imam Hussein

Episode 2: Habib ibn Mudhahir

Episode 3: Hur ibn Yazid

Episode 4: Zuhayr ibn Al-Qayn

Episode 5: Hani ibn Urwah

Episode 6: Muslim ibn Aqil

Episode 7: Qasim

Episode 8: Abbas

Episode 9: Ali Al-Akbar

Episode 10: Ali Al-Asghar

Episode 11: Zaynab

Episode 12: Rabab

Episode 13: Ruqayyah

Episode 14: Jawn ibn Huwai

Episode 15: Imam Al-Sajjad

Episode 16: Muslim ibn Awsaja

Episode 17: Sukayna

Episode 18: Anas ibn Harith al-Kahili

Episode 19: Wahab Al-Kalbi

Episode 20: Amr ibn Junadah

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Song: Mahi Aaja (2018) - Coke Studio Season 11, Episode 4 Singers: Asim Azhar and Momina Mustehsan Produced & Directed by Zohaib Kazi and Ali Hamza Lyrics by Asim Azhar Composed by Asim Azhar and Qasim Azhar -- Mahi Aaja, Asim Azhar and Momina Mustehsan, Coke Studio Season 11, Episode 4 (via Coke Studio)

#mahi aaja #asim azhar #momina mustehsan #coke studio #live #pop #2018

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tenminutes · 2 years

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Old story in Cairo

"Keteladanan Qasim, Pemuda Asal Gaza"

Pada tahun 2016 seorang pemuda Arab datang ke rumah kami, di distrik 10, kota Nars, Kairo. Tinggi badannya sekitar 175, tegap perwakannya. Ia datang dari sebuah kota kecil, yang sudah belasan tahun terisolasi oleh penjajah, kota Gaza. Datang sendiri ke Ibukota untuk mampir, setelah mendaftar megister di kuliah Qur'an Universitas Al Azhar.

Qasim namanya. Ia adalah pemuda yang berbeda dari kebanyakan pria Arab -seperti mas-mas Mesir. Kuperhatikan ia tidak banyak berbicara. Menerima jamuan kami dengan penuh qanaah, penerimaan. Dan ia sudah hafal Quran sejak lama, saat menginjak usia remaja, dan baru di tahun itu ia lulus S1 di Universitas Islam Gaza.

Banyak hal yang kami perhatikan darinya selama ia bertamu. Maklum baru kenal, dan pertama kalinya berface to face dengan anak muda asli Gaza, kawasan yang sekarang dikenal dengan penghafal Qur'an dan warganya yang berjiwa militan.

Salah satu yang kami lihat darinya adalah saat senggang. Seperti saat jalan keluar, atau menunggu kendaraan, mulutnya sering kelihat kayak orang membaca mantra, jarang terlihat diam. Ia terlihat seperti orang bicara, tak bermimik, dan tak bersuara. Ia benar-benar sibuk akan sesuatu.

Ternyata Qasim, pemuda asal Gaza itu selalu mengulang Qur'annya, di jalan, bahkan sambil jalan. Ngulang, ngulang, dan ngulang. Wiridnya adalah ngulang, kesibukannya adalah ngulang, dan kesehariannya adalah ngulang.

Kepadanya kami iri. Ingin rasanya berada di posisinya, kontinu dalam mengulang hafalan, hingga Allah anugrahkan hafalan yang lancar, dan mendarah daging.

Qasim hanya mampir 3 hari di tempat kami. Tapi ia telah menumbuhkan kesan positif yang mendalam bagi hati orang-orang sekitarnya. Apakah ini yang dinamakan efek berteman dengan ahlullah, keluarga Allah? Wallu a'lam. Kami hanya bisa berprasangka baik.

Qasim datang kepada kami ingin memberikan pesan kontektual yang sederhana. Bahwa ketauladanan itu bukan soal kata-kata, tapi tindakan nyata. Cukup datang dan tunjukan budi pekerti, sehingga orang sekitar bisa menilai, berkaca, dan bercontoh.

لسان الحال أحسن من لسان المقال

"Hal positif yang ditampilkan oleh seseorang, lebih baik dari kata-kata yang sekedar tersampaikan, tanpa adanya tindakan."

Terimakasih Qasim. Meski kunjungan pertamamu sudah berumur 7 tahun -semoga kedepan bisa berkunjung lagi, tapi benih-benih positifmu itu sudah banyak tersirami dan tumbuh dengan baik di hati kami, anggota rumah.

Semoga Allah kumpulkan kita kembali, imma taman di dunia ini atau di kebun surga-Nya.

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dgpr-punjab-newsroom · 2 years

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CM CHAIRS MEETING TO REVIEW PROJECTS FOR EASING ROAD JOURNEY

With the compliments of, The Directorate General Public Relations,

Government of the Punjab, Lahore Ph: 99201390.

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LAHORE, Jan 04:

Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar chaired a meeting at his office to review the launch of the environment-friendly electric tramway project. The elevated expressway project from Gulberg to Motorway M-2 was also deliberated upon by the participants. The CM directed to start it on a priority basis as it would help travellers' access to motorway while decreasing traffic burden at Canal Road and Multan Road. The elevated expressway would pass through Canal Bank Road, Jail Road, Ferozepur Road, Multan Road, Bund Road to Babu Sabu. Interchanges would be constructed at Canal Bank Road, Jail Road, Ferozepur Road, Multan Road and Bund Road, he added. DG LDA briefed about the project.

Advisor Dr Salman Shah, ACS, chairman P&D, secretaries of transport and housing departments, DG PMA and others attended the meeting.

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PARLIAMENTARIANS CALL ON CM PUNJAB

LAHORE, Jan 04:

Provincial Minister Syed Sumsam Ali Bukhari, Rai Muhammad Murtaza Iqbal MNA and PTI leader Rai Hassan Nawaz called on Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar at his office and discussed matters of mutual interest. Principal Secretary to CM was also present.

Talking on the occasion, CM Usman Buzdar pointed out that every district has been given a development package to ensure composite development. The PTI government has set a new example of public service during the last three years; he said and emphasised that the opponents could not compare their 30-year long black era with PTI's 3-year bright era. Not a single scandal of this government has come to light; whereas stories of corruption came to light every day in the past, he maintained. The former rulers abused resources relentlessly for personal projection; he further said and regretted that the politics of propaganda is the usual modus operandi of the opposition. He repeated that the vision of equitable development was being ensured in the new Pakistan. The resources have not been limited to some specific cities as the development journey has been expanded to remote and backward areas, concluded the CM.

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CM SEEKS REPORT FROM RPO RAWALPINDI

LAHORE, Jan 04:

Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar has sought a report from RPO Rawalpindi about a molestation attempt with a 5-year-old girl in Talagang and directed legal action against the arrested accused along with the provision of justice to the affected family.

The police have registered the case against accused Qasim.

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CM SEEKS REPORT FROM CCPO LAHORE

LAHORE, Jan 04:

Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar has sought a report from CCPO Lahore about the injury of a child due to firing by a dolphin official at Nishtar Colony. The CM directed to hold a departmental inquiry against the official for legal action. The police have arrested dolphin official Azhar and recovered the weapon from him. Usman Buzdar has further directed that the best treatment facilities be provided to the injured child.

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CM FOR FOLLOWING THE POLICY OF BROTHERHOOD AND UNITY

LAHORE, Jan 04:

Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar has said the useless agitation of PDM has died down and the opposition has faced embarrassment. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the CM advised the opposition to adopt a practical approach instead of following a negative agenda. The opposition parties have always tried to interrupt the development journey while ignoring national interest; he regretted and maintained that those engaged in the politics of anarchy should realize facts. The nation needs unity and brotherhood and the country would continue to move forward in the backdrop of difficult circumstances, the CM concluded.

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