by Charles Cameron | Oct 24, 2014 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — we’ve ignored the apocalyptic aspect of Khorasan for years, now we’re admitting it, but still overlooking the second prong ] . ** Introducing the first English language issue of Ihya-e-Khilafat — which is in effect a new...
by Charles Cameron | Oct 20, 2014 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — while one prong of the AQ jihad marches on Jerusalem, the other has its sights set on India ] . ** Well, you only need to get as far as page 5 in the new, 117-page magazine Resurgence from As-Sahab Media (Subcontinent) — AQ with an...
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 Eleanor Encarnacion | Sep 3, 2014 | Monitor
BRYAN CHRISTIE DESIGN In September 2013, Syria agreed to destroy its chemical weapons—good thing the US Department of Defense had recently fast-tracked the Field Deployable Hydrolysis System. It’s a facility that can digest and neutralize lethal material,...
by Charles Cameron | Aug 13, 2014 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — in which the muj from Khorasan talk even more about the erasing of national boundaries than the soldiers of the IS caliphate ] . Before there were maps, there was terrain, some of it populated, and various populations spoke various...
