by Charles Cameron | Jul 3, 2016 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — wishing you all blessings on the Fourth ] . My eye was caught today by yet another disaster — which in turn reminded me of tomorrow, the Fourth of July. It’s just one example among many: Flood hits mosque in Pakistan, dozens...
by Charles Cameron | Dec 21, 2015 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — what eye do you use when there’s more going on than meets the eye? ] . Twice in one day, a week or so ago, I had reason to look up the meaning of “aman” in Islamic law. My source here was M. Reichberg and Henrik Syse,...
by zen | 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...
by Charles Cameron | Apr 1, 2015 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — how about a powerful, credible foreign policy? — maybe that’s asking too much ] . ** James P. Farwell‘s piece in the National Interest, Information Warfare: The Key to Destroying ISIS, claims: A coalition of Shia...
by Charles Cameron | Mar 21, 2015 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — on conveying the experience of the eschatological — on the way to better understanding the allure of IS ] . And the fifth Angel sounded the trumpet: and I saw a star fall from heaven upon the earth, and to him was given the key of...