Re: photography haram?
#33 simply presents both sides (photography allowed and not allowed) but has no answers.
There are fundamental flaws in the entire concept, common to both sides.
First of all both sides assume that pictures and photography somehow represent a challenge to their God. That is not true.
Second, making distinctions between paintings and photography seems more like a tax-shelter scam type of arguement.
Third, making distinctions between photographs and live telecasts is even worse an argument - Neither human body, nor paper, nor electronic image is permanent.
Bottom line - I wouldn’t be surprised if somebody completely misunderstood something that the prophet said or was in the Quran and started a multi-century controversy over nothing.
Even statues - come on! how is making a statue a challenge to God? I’d say it is downright arrogant to think you can challenge God this way and the same time downright insulting to God to think making of humans is as base as making any statue.