by Charles Cameron | May 29, 2015 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — nicely done DoubleTweet from Hasan Hafidh ] . Noting, as you no doubt know, that Sistani of Najaf, Iraq, is the “quietist” ayatollah followed by more Shiites than any other, the Ayatollah Khamenei of Iran included: 'Do not...
by Charles Cameron | Jun 19, 2014 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — Sistani’s “call to arms” against ISIS, impact re Iraq and Iran ] . ** Under the header Can ‘obscure cleric’ save Iraq from brutal terrorism of ISIS, my first post for UK-based Lapido Media: Centre for Religious Literacy...
by Charles Cameron | Jun 13, 2014 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — a strong series of tweets on various aspects & implications of ISIS in Iraq ] . Ibn Siqilli, aka Christopher Anzalone, is a PhD student in the Institute of Islamic Studies, McGill University. Today he was tweeting on religious aspects...
by Charles Cameron | Jun 13, 2014 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — ISIS in Iraq, the battle of Badr, and 5,000 swooping angels ] . . Two days ago, under the title Iraq army capitulates to Isis militants in four cities, the Guardian reported: The extent of the Iraqi army’s defeat at the hands of...
