Sandi Dubowski, who won the Teddy gay and lesbian award in 2001 for his controversial doc "Trembling Before G-d," may cause an even bigger stir with "In the Name of Allah," which explores the struggles of homosexual Muslims.Gay Indian Muslim helmer Parvez Sharma is directing the pic, which looks at gay, lesbian, and transgender Muslims across the Muslim and Western worlds. Link.
"Let's go rope them camels, Abdul, then you and me go behind that dune over there and ruffle these robes."
Thing is, homosexual acts are a capital offense in Muslimland, meaning the homosexuals are executed. Showing up in this film is tantamount to a death sentence. I trust the director is going to have some good voice modulators on hand and good dark room techniques. Maybe he can get them into the U.S. and enroll them in the Homosexual Witness Protection Program.
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