{"id":13752,"date":"2011-08-03T13:59:12","date_gmt":"2011-08-03T17:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=13752"},"modified":"2011-08-03T13:59:12","modified_gmt":"2011-08-03T17:59:12","slug":"photo-shy-muslims-in-toronto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/photo-shy-muslims-in-toronto\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo shy Muslims in Toronto"},"content":{"rendered":"

This person really<\/em> didn\u2019t want her photo taken.<\/p>\n

From here<\/a>:<\/p>\n

What constitutes a physical assault in Toronto these days?<\/p>\n

This would appear to be straightforward. If, for example, one individual punches another, surely that\u2019s assault. Especially if the punch in question was witnessed. And photographed.<\/p>\n

But as I learned firsthand on Sunday, a fist in the face doesn\u2019t necessarily constitute assault in our increasingly culturally sensitive Toronto.<\/p>\n

The details: I was at Yonge-Dundas Square with my nine-year-old son. We ate pizza. We drank bubble tea. And I used my new Canon camera to take photos of this neon shrine.<\/p>\n

Suddenly, a woman wearing a hijab ran toward me. She was part of a group that included two women wearing full face-covering burkas. She was screaming: \u201cWe are Muslim! You do not take pictures of us!\u201d (Odd. I can\u2019t find the \u201cno photos\u201d rule in the Qur\u2019an.)<\/p>\n

I informed the lady I was in a public square in a democracy. I can actually take pictures of whomever I please.<\/p>\n

And then: Ka-pow! Her fist collided with my face. Worse, she almost knocked my new camera from my hands.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

When I was in Turkey, where Islam is the predominant religion, I photographed a lot of people; only a few of them seemed less than happy about it. None of them tried to slug me.<\/p>\n

This particular gentlemen kept wagging his finger at me, but ended up laughing when I took more photos of the wagging:<\/p>\n

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