Cineaste magazine said " The climate was certainly ripe , and there was a very ambitious filmmaker who knew a good opportunity when he saw one . Parvez Sharma was raised Muslim in India and although he does have some feeling for his religion , he is by no means devout . However , as a resident of the US , post 9/11 , he says he felt he had to do something in the battle to represent Islam . He declares that his religion was hijacked by extremists who preach violence and hatred , and he is not referring to Fox TV or George Bush . He means the radical clerics who have become the face of Islam in the West . Sharma sought to prove that his religion was a peaceful and loving one , and in effect , that not all Muslims are terrorists . Some are even gay . " Another website placed it on a list of the top religious documentary films ever made
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A Jihad for Love