Center for Strategic Communication

When laïcité destroys egalité and fraternité

by | Sep 14, 2016 | Monitor

[ by Charles Cameron — laïcité meets the banlieue, and ISIS takes note ] . France: blind to religions. Graphic: Nouvel Obs ** My latest piece is up at LapidoMedia, addressing the impact of the French doctrine of blinding secularism on French Muslims — and...

Waiting for the other Max Boot to drop

by | Mar 24, 2016 | Monitor

[ by Charles Cameron — on the Tamil Tigers that did not bark in the night ] . It’s interesting to read Max Boot‘s chronology of suicide attacks in his Commentary piece, What It Takes to Stop Islamic Terror today: It’s worth remembering that...

ISIS: Paganism with an Islamic Face?

by | Oct 7, 2015 | Monitor

[by Mark Safranski, a.k.a “zen“] “And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Moloch, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.” – Leviticus 18:21  “They rejected the commandments of the Lord … and...

What it means to live in a secular world

by | Sep 6, 2015 | Monitor

[ by Charles Cameron — mind of a skeptic, heart of a devotee ] . I’m heading the post with this video to capture your attention, but recommend you move right past it to the body of the text, and return to it later if and when you have an hour and more to...