by Charles Cameron | May 14, 2014 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — one on the scripturally-sanctioned revenge abductions of women and the other on Hausa nomenclature, with a possible correlate in Sudan ] . ** Boko Haram and revenge: Jacob Zenn and Elizabeth Pearson have an important piece on War on the...
by dtrombly | Jun 17, 2013 | Monitor
In the aftermath of two men brutally slaughtering Lee Rigby in Woolwih, Jonathan Freedland wrote this column on responding to the motives of murderers: … It seems we’re ready to listen when we have some sneaking sympathy, not for the act itself,...
by zen | Jan 30, 2013 | Monitor
The Obama administration, though they would not characterize it as such nor have much desire to acknowledge it at all, have attempted a strategic detente with the “moderate” elements of political Islam. This policy has not been entirely consistent; Syria,...
by Charles Cameron | Dec 30, 2012 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — on blowback, in praise of a Gregory Johnsen post, and literacy ] . William Blake, The Lord Answering Job Out of the Whirlwind. ED Hirsch and Joseph F Kett‘s New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy doesn’t appear to have an entry...
