by Charles Cameron | Apr 20, 2013 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — possibility of Mahdist belief or sympathies on the part of one of the Boston bombers surfaces, with some details of the relevant video ] . Source: https://twitter.com/gregorydjohnsen/status/325264215025782788 ** Having said that,...
by Charles Cameron | Nov 16, 2012 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — keeping up with Aaron Zelin on a good day can be quite a feat — this post has taken me a few days to write! ] . Let’s start with this avatar business. I picked it up from Gregory Johnsen, who applied the term in a tweet a few...
by Charles Cameron | Nov 11, 2012 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — the different types of “leaders” should give us an idea of the different mental operations in play in the individual minds of the led, as well as the “mind” of the organization — plus fun ] . credit for mind...
by Charles Cameron | Nov 1, 2012 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — uh-oh, it’s Mahdi time again.. giving a little wide-angle context, then passing along a hadith of possible current interest — also an aside about an end-times Shiite trinity ] . a ShiaChat map of one end times scenario: the...
by Charles Cameron | Oct 29, 2012 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — a quick look at some confusing clashes between messianisms, with specific reference to the MUJAO — also the late Ayatollah Baqir al-Sadr sounding an ecumenical note ] . image: Dajjal, from Okasha Abdelmannan al-Tibi’s The Whole...