Thursday, October 05, 2017

Religion / Photojournalism

There is a Muslim public figure that is loved by the public.  But there is a photo of her taken by paparazzi of her handing money to a hitman, but she is photographed without her religious headwear, a hijab.  She has never gone public without this on, and is open about her choice to wear a hijab for her religion.  Do you post the photo because the public should know what she did?  Or do you respect her religious beliefs? 

I guess I know the answer to this, you would write about it without a photo, so here is an alternate story.

If someone is a religious leader or spokesperson who is very well-liked by the community, and they are photographed doing something against their religion like eating pork.  Do you post this to expose that they are a fraud, or because it is a minor act against their religion, you realize that everyone makes mistakes and give them the benefit of the doubt?

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