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The Hajj pilgrimage is a trip every Muslim is commanded by God to go on at least once in a lifetime if they are able and, like millions, Parvez Sharma is convinced his religious salvation is placed at Islam's floor zero, Mecca. But unlike the journeys of his fellow Muslims, the consequences of his own could be deadly. In A Sinner in Mecca, publisher and filmmaker Parvez chronicles his pilgrimage as an extremely openly gay Muslim to Saudi Arabia, where Islam's center 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 on the way. Already under hearth for his documentary A Jihad for Love, which looks at the coexistence of Islam and homosexuality, he'd undoubtedly face savage consequence if open - from being thrown off a cliff to general population beheading. Parvez's odyssey is at once audacious, global, and exceptional. He meets everyone from extremists to explorers of the religious kind, and the entire world they open up is terrifying...yet breathtaking. In Mecca, Parvez comes out to a pilgrim, who then asks him why he'd desire to be part of something that wishes no part of him. This publication is his response to this question and many more.
