by Charles Cameron | Jan 25, 2015 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — from battle-flag to transcendent symbol ] . Father of the Imam Mahdi, postcard from Masshad, Iran, writer’s collection ** I have written so much on the topic of the black banners from Khorasan [eg], which in turn arguably derive from...
by Charles Cameron | Jan 11, 2015 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — the role of iconography vs idolatry within Islam and Christianity ] . Karim Sadjadpour of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace tweeted an image of Muhammad today: Images of the prophet Mohammed weren't always taboo. This 16th...
by Charles Cameron | Jan 9, 2015 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — as their respective flags testify, both Sunni and Shia benefit from our involuntary largesse ] . We're selling 175 new Abrams tanks to Iraq to replenish for their losses to daesh. http://t.co/clPMWdAIQP pic.twitter.com/sJpkPcirtI...
by Charles Cameron | Dec 13, 2014 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — as one headline put it, 20 Million Shia Muslims Brave Isis by Making Pilgrimage to Karbala ] . You may remember IS / Daesh bulldozing the berm separating Syria and Iraq (upper image, below) not so long ago: Putting that into perspective is...
by Charles Cameron | Dec 8, 2014 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — at the heart not of the political entity, Iran, but of the Persian culture and people, can be found a king’s ransom in poetry and song ] . The sensual and the spiritual meet, melt, meld, merge, and dare I say it, emerge to suit each...
