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    A Sinner in Mecca: A Gay Muslim's Hajj of Defiance
    A Sinner in Mecca: A Gay Muslim's Hajj of Defiance
    A Sinner in Mecca: A Gay Muslim's Hajj of Defiance
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    A Sinner in Mecca: A Gay Muslim's Hajj of Defiance

    Written by Parvez Sharma

    Narrated by Parvez Sharma

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    About this audiobook

    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 millions, Parvez Sharma believes his spiritual salvation lies at Islam's ground zero, Mecca. 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. Risking his life, Parvez embarks on a Jihad of the self-filming his experience along the way. 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. He meets everyone from extremists to explorers of the spiritual kind, and the world they open up is frightening . . . yet breathtaking. In Mecca, Parvez comes out to a pilgrim, who then asks him why he would want to be part of something that wants no part of him. This book is his answer to this question and many more.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateDec 14, 2017
    ISBN9781541478473
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      You can’t be a Muslim and gay , it’s contrary to the book the non prophet created

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