© Kamal / Photofade
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Keywords
Asian - Far East origin • Asian - South Asian origin • Canada (all) • Exterior • Islamic scarf • Montreal (all) • Moslem • Park Mot-Royal • Quebec (all) • Religious dress • Seated • Traditional clothes • Traditional headdress • Two people • Woman (all ages) • Woman 25 to 45 years • Woman 45 to 60 years • Worshiper
Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 2009.
In the last quarter of 20th Century, the Iranian revolution raised the issue concerning the relationship between religion, ideology, and Islam with politics in the modern world and brought it to the centre of world attention. In 2010, President Sarkozy and Prime Minister Fillon have vowed to pass legislation banning the hijab - the veil which covers the women’s face and their body in public places. After Belgium, government of France was the second country to pass the same law and other European countries might follow soon.
Currently, Christianity is the largest religion in the world with about 33% of the people- a percentage that has remained stable for decades. However, if the current trends continue, Islam will become the most popular world religion sometime in the mid 21st century. Today nearly 20% of the world’s population are Muslim and over fifty countries have a Muslim-majority population. Although Islam is often associated with the Arab world and the Middle East, fewer than 15% of Muslims are Arabs!
There are many paradoxes that raise a lot of questions. The integration of tradition with modern life is one of these paradoxes. Some snapshots of this paradox in the context of “Islam and Modern World” are depicted in this project.
Without jumping to conclusion, I’ve tried to bring out some snapshots of the surface of this paradox. Some of the Muslims seem to get along with the modern life and respect other opinions, even completely in contrast with theirs; whereas, some name themselves devotees and are ready for suicidal action to keep their leaders’ words.
The question is, even though we notice a young Muslim girl taking a photo of a sexy mannequin or a Muslim father entertaining his son by getting him a dog to play with, have they come in terms with these internally or do they insult these aspects of modern society? What if the devotees and their leaders realize that the modern world may accept them? Will they thought tolerate the modern world? The myriad of questions that come in mind must be considered in different aspects expertly.
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