by Charles Cameron | Mar 6, 2015 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — the geometry of two miracle stories from Abdullah Azzam ] . These two tales are taken from Abdullah Azzam, Signs of ar-Rahman in the Jihad of Afghan. ** Binary oppositions seem to be basic to the human thought process, and this simple,...
by Charles Cameron | Jan 27, 2015 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — really just a note to myself, but you may read it over my shoulder ] . Joas Wagemakers, blogging on Jihadi-Salafi views of the Islamic State at the Washington Post, was talking about the “caliphate” today, and as usual, I went...
by Lynn C. Rees | Nov 15, 2014 | Monitor
John Francis Mercer Politics is the division of power. Or so it is axiomatic for me. Politics is also a market in violence-backed assets, with tribute, resource flows captured and secured by violence (or the threat thereof) being the most prized. Most political...
by Lynn C. Rees | Sep 16, 2014 | Monitor
[cut and pasted by Lynn C. Rees] It has been the uniform policy of this Government, from its foundation to the present day, to abstain from all interference in the domestic affairs of other nations. The consequence has been that while the nations of Europe have been...
by Charles Cameron | Aug 6, 2014 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — two voices of moderation with a glimmer of hope — plus a recap of some recent posts of mine ] . Scott Atran, Ed Husain. Scott Atran, an anthropologist at France’s National Center for Scientific Research, John Jay College and the...