A movie that examines the topic of homosexuality in Islamic nations – called Jihad for Love – recently made its debut at the Istanbul Film Festival. The film, which traces the lives of 12 gay Muslim men and women, took six years to make, with much of the camera work being done in secret. Some audience members at the screening voiced hope that the movie will help stoke open discussion of what remains a taboo subject in many Islamic countries. Dorian Jones has a full audio report from Istanbul.
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Turkey: Headscarved Graduate Students Lead Libertarian Movement
BY NICHOLAS BIRCH
Two Turkish headscarf-wearing graduate students, Neslihan Akbulut and Hilal Kaplan, constitute an unlikely pair of revolutionaries. Against the backdrop of the country’s divisive debate over the lifting of a university headscarf ban, the duo is pressing ahead with a petition drive that seeks a radical expansion of civil rights.
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