noisycheese
Normal(ish) Human
The Amish who frequent our local farmer's market on Saturdays are more than happy to take "heathen dollars" from we "heathen sinners" who they expect will burn in hell.
I have photographed the Amish at this market quite a bit. My modus operandi is to hide in plain sight to get true candid street photographs. Once in a great while an Amish person will ask me to not photograph them. I always readily agree to honor their wishes. Still, it leaves a bad aftertaste. The Farmer's market is held on public property - the parking lot of city hall. No expectation of privacy there.
The bottom line is that whether the adherents are Amish, Islamic or of another religious practice, they are attempting to impose their religious beliefs and practices on others who do not adhere to their faith.
No person has a right to attempt to impose the code of their religion on others who do not adhere to it, or to make demands that go against the customs and laws of the nation which is hosting them. There is just no way around that fact.
If I were traveling in the middle east - say, Iraq - I would abide by the laws and customs of Iraq; as people have counseled we so-called ugly Americans for decades, "When in Rome, do as the Romans do." Any reasonable person would readily agree that reciprocal treatment of U.S. citizens while on the soil of their own nation is in order.
It is therefore incumbent upon Islamic adherents (and followers of all other religions) in the U.S. to honor the host nation's laws and customs.
Those laws and customs permit - no, guarantee - the right of the U.S. citizen to photograph unfettered and without being badgered, intimidated and coerced by other people in the public environment. There is just no way around that fact.
