Sebastian Farmborough

A non-fiction photographer promoting cross-cultural communication and understanding | #photography #saudiarabia #latinamerica

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An Emerging Mystery #saudiarabia https://t.co/rsyWWrWkUP During Prophet Mohammed's time women were encouraged to swim, ride a horse and do archery.

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@Johnlathamwhite True, often news channels are even worse within the country itself.

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@Johnlathamwhite I have lived in quite a few countries and their realities are different from how they are portayed in the news. I imagine by Korea, you are referring to North Korea; even there there must be some positives that as outsiders we are not aware of.

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@Johnlathamwhite In any case, you only truly get to know a government when you live underneath it. Those abroad cannot rely on the information they are provided with, because news channels are not charities, they are funded and by people who have their own interests.

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@Johnlathamwhite Hi John, I am not defending their government, which has changed a lot since I first lived there in 2003. In my opinion, many of the changes have made the country a worse place to live for its citizens.

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@ManuSan79985083 La corrupcion y manipulacion del islam para lograr fines politicos.

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An Emerging Mystery #saudiarabia https://t.co/rsyWWrWkUP During Prophet Mohammed's time women were encouraged to swim, ride a horse and do archery.

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@MarioBreskic Hello Mario, see what I mean:

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An Emerging Mystery #SaudiArabia https://t.co/zv5VBTt08n

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@hosainy_ali Hello Ali, it is a photo.

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Exciting that my work has reached the US and great for it to be displayed in a place where many people will see it. #ThompsonHotels #PalmSprings #California

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@Monotheist_5 @AboSagda241 Exactly, one. Are you familiar with this hadith?: “I swear by the One Whose Hand is the soul of Muhammad, my nation will split into seventy-three sects, one of which will be in Paradise and seventy-two in Hell.”

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@Monotheist_5 @AboSagda241 That does not answer my question.

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@Monotheist_5 @AboSagda241 Then tell me Mansour, how many sects of Islam were there when Prophet Mohammed was alive?

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@Monotheist_5 @AboSagda241 My point is that the message has been corrupted and manipulated. Otherwise muslims would be one.

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@Monotheist_5 @AboSagda241 The wide range of interpretations prove that.

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@Monotheist_5 A quarter of the world is muslim (2 billion people) and yet few and mainly the Shia did anything to try and prevent Palestinians from being eradicated. This eradication is only possible due to the fragmentation within Islam, which stems from a lack of clarity.

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@Monotheist_5 I do appreciate your thoughtful responses, but I believe this is the principle problem with Islam. All these differing interpretations have lead to a vulnerable, fragmented Islamic population that argues and fights amongst itself intead of with their enemies.

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@Monotheist_5 Yes, but they are evidently not clear enough if so many differing interpretations are acceptable, leaving it wide open to distortion for political gain.

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@Monotheist_5 To follow something without questioning is foolish, you are likely to be mislead. As I said, all religions have been corrupted and distorted so questioning things is essential.

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@Monotheist_5 @0oiulz Obviously, from a woman’s point of view this is a very important distinction. The perpetual fitnah interpretation puts a lot of people off Islam and makes it easy for those against Islam to demonise it.

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@Monotheist_5 Here lies the problem, those scholars can be influenced by whoever pays their salary.

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@Monotheist_5 @0oiulz Whar I mean by ‘all the time’ there is that complete covering is nothing new so some sects must believe that ‘times of fitnah’ are perpetual.