by Charles Cameron | Sep 5, 2014 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — a pilgrimage with no return — IS as the victorious group, the saved sect, the strangers ] . ** Hijrah is emigration for religious purposes, pilgrimage on a one-way ticket, and the archetypal Hijrah, that which was made by the Prophet...
by Charles Cameron | Aug 23, 2014 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — so now at least the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs hears it and speaks it ] . Get loud. It’s the only way.. ** I’m reminded of “the curious incident of the dog in the night-time” to which Sherlock Holmes refers in...
by Charles Cameron | Aug 20, 2014 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — the one point missing IMO in an otherwise fine piece ] . ** In WaPo, under the header How the violent Islamic State extremists got their signature flag, Abby Phillip tackles what I believe is a very significant question, that of the black...
by zen | Aug 6, 2014 | Monitor
[by Mark Safranski, a.k.a “zen”] John Robb had a cool post on the ultra-radical takfiri insurgency ISIS/ISIL and their self-proclaimed Sunni “Caliphate“, the Islamic State, whom he gave as an example of “the cockroaches of war”:...
by Charles Cameron | Jul 31, 2014 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — preliminary thoughts about an Indian group photograph, Tamils & the calphate ] . I talked about “caliphate” merchandise just the other day, and pointed specifically to t-shirts. I’m sorry to say those tees have now...
