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Islam’s “Fallen Pillar:” Compulsory Charity
Four of Islam’s five pillars lend themselves to easily to stories and pictures. Whether it’s articles about converts, images of men bent over in prayer (a photographic trope one Muslim journalist refers to as “a**-shots,”) video of pilgrims swirling around the Kaaba as they complete their Hajj, or stories about Muslims breaking their Ramadan fasts, [...]
26Oct2007 | Andrea Useem | 5 comments | Continued