 The death threats and hate mail continued over the years.In 2015, The Toronto Star said " Security is being added for the world premiere 29 April of A Sinner in Mecca ".On September 4, 2014, the day the film was released theatrically in the US, the New York Times said "After "Jihad," Mr. Sharma was labeled an infidel, and in the intervening years, he has gotten more death threats than he cares to recall.