"A Jihad for Love" is produced by Halal Films, in association with the Sundance Documentary Film Fund, Channel 4 Television (UK), ZDF (Germany), Arte (France-Germany), Logo (US) and SBS (Australia).On November 20, 2007, "The New York Times" while explaining the methodology of the film, while quoting an interview with the filmmaker said, "...Shooting the film was no easy task.