Movie review – “Jihad for Love” (2007) ***1/2

The concept of this documentary is incredibly powerful – can you be gay and a Muslim at the same time (as in a real Muslim, who prays and believes and everything) – and there are some great characters: an Egyptian who was thrown in gaol in an anti-gay purge, a Moroccan lesbian who even now thinks she has a problem that needs to be overcome, some Iranian refugees, etc. It feels at times more like a collection of snap shots though than a series of stories. Still, very well made and moving.