Parvez Sharma
His second film, ''A Sinner in Mecca'', premiered at the 2015 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival and is a New York Times Critics' Pick amongst other press attention. Over the years, worldwide press have profiled Parvez Sharma and reviewed his work.[http://ajihadforlove.org/PressKit.pdf] For example, The New York Times collectively in two excerpts and two reviews, says "There is no doubting the courage and conviction of the New York documentarian Parvez Sharma…We emerge from (Sharma's) films more enlightened, but arranging to meet (this filmmaker) is a little like setting up an appointment with an extremely polite spy. Nothing in his difficult processes -- including the threats to himself -- have destroyed Mr. Sharma's faith in the ability of Islam to tolerate diversity." The newspaper also showcased his short films online. In 2004 the New York Times had said, "threats to the director have become routine." This was almost four years before ''A Jihad for Love'' was released. The New York Times said "After ''A Jihad for Love'', Mr. Sharma was labeled a Kafir, and in the intervening years, he has gotten more death threats than he cares to recall." Provided by Wikipedia