I'll never forgive the Saudis for defacing the Sacred Mosque and the Holy Kaaba in Mecca with this grotesque clock tower and the obnoxiously luxurious hotels and resorts surrounding it.
Mecca is supposed to be a place where a person turns his full attention to his Lord, where one lets go of all things worldly, where one bows humbly in prayer at his Majesty. It's not a place for 5 star hotels, Michelin-star dinners, spa resorts and designer clothing stores.
I'll never forgive the Saudis for defacing the Sacred Mosque and the Holy Kaaba in Mecca with this grotesque clock tower and the obnoxiously luxurious hotels and resorts surrounding it.
Mecca is supposed to be a place where a person turns his full attention to his Lord, where one lets go of all things worldly, where one bows humbly in prayer at his Majesty. It's not a place for 5 star hotels, Michelin-star dinners, spa resorts and designer clothing stores.
But Kliuchnikov, the Ukranian now in France, said he will use Signal or WhatsApp for sensitive conversations, but questions around privacy on Telegram do not give him pause when it comes to sharing information about the war. Some privacy experts say Telegram is not secure enough On Telegram’s website, it says that Pavel Durov “supports Telegram financially and ideologically while Nikolai (Duvov)’s input is technological.” Currently, the Telegram team is based in Dubai, having moved around from Berlin, London and Singapore after departing Russia. Meanwhile, the company which owns Telegram is registered in the British Virgin Islands. Russian President Vladimir Putin launched Russia's invasion of Ukraine in the early-morning hours of February 24, targeting several key cities with military strikes. Telegram has become more interventionist over time, and has steadily increased its efforts to shut down these accounts. But this has also meant that the company has also engaged with lawmakers more generally, although it maintains that it doesn’t do so willingly. For instance, in September 2021, Telegram reportedly blocked a chat bot in support of (Putin critic) Alexei Navalny during Russia’s most recent parliamentary elections. Pavel Durov was quoted at the time saying that the company was obliged to follow a “legitimate” law of the land. He added that as Apple and Google both follow the law, to violate it would give both platforms a reason to boot the messenger from its stores.
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