"A Jihad for Love" Film Screening with Director Parvez Sharma at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Wednesday, April 15, 2009
8:30 p.m. – 10:30 p.m.

1121 Humanities
University of Wisconsin at Madison
455 North Park St.
Madison, WI 53706

Muslim gay filmmaker Parvez Sharma travels the many worlds of Islam discovering the stories of its most unlikely storytellers: lesbian and gay Muslims. Filmed over 5 1/2 years, in 12 countries and 9 languages, “A Jihad for Love” comes from the heart of Islam. Looking beyond a hostile and war-torn present, this film seeks to reclaim the Islamic concept of a greater Jihad, which can mean “an inner struggle” or “to strive in the path of God.” In doing so the film and its remarkable subjects move beyond the narrow concept of “Jihad’ as holy war. A discussion with Parvez Sharma will follow the screening.

This event is free and open to the public.

Sponsored by Campus Progress, UW-Madison Queer Student Alliance, AIESEC-Madison, the Wisconsin Experience, the LGBT Campus Center, University Housing, the Lakeshore Gay Straight Alliance, and the Southeast Gay Straight Alliance.

For more information, please email speakers@campusprogress.org.