本片是印度導演帕維茲沙馬，繼《愛的苦尋》獲都靈同志影展最佳紀錄片的肯定後，再度挑戰伊斯蘭世界的禁忌之作。對身為一個穆斯林來說，一生至少要去一次麥加；但對身為同志的他，此行將帶他經歷觸犯伊斯蘭禁忌的生死關頭中。透過這個秘密拍攝的自傳性朝聖之旅，影像滲入四千萬的穆斯林中，從和平朝拜到血腥好戰份子，皆一一詳實地記錄下來。 It is a mandatory journey for all Muslims to travel to Mecca at least once in their lifetime. But for gay filmmaker Parvez Sharma, making such a documentary presents two serious challenges: filming is forbidden in the country and homosexuality is punishable by death. It is literally a life or death situation as he enters with an iPhone and two smuggled, tiny cameras. On this journey, he joins 4 million other Muslims, from peace-loving pilgrims to brutal jihadists, to show the rest of the world this awe-inspiring pilgrimage and city that has been forbidden to non-Muslims for 14 centuries.

Plot: Fourteen centuries after the revelation of the holy Qur'an to the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), Islam today is the world's second largest and fastest growing religion. Muslim gay filmmaker Parvez Sharma travels the many worlds of this dynamic faith discovering the stories of its most unlikely storytellers: lesbian and gay Muslims. Filmed over 5 1/2 years, in 12 countries and 9 languages, "A Jihad for Love" comes from the heart of Islam. Looking beyond a hostile and war-torn present, this film seeks to reclaim the Islamic concept of a greater Jihad, which can mean 'an inner struggle' or 'to strive in the path of God'. In doing so the film and its remarkable subjects move beyond the narrow concept of 'Jihad' as holy war.