by Charles Cameron | Jan 30, 2015 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — when religion casts a long and violent shadow ] . cover art for the Unholy album, New Life behind Closed Eyes ** Unholy may prove to be a very useful word, I think. It’s not secular, it’s not irreligious, it doesn’t lack...
by Charles Cameron | Jan 16, 2015 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — call it backlash, backfire, or blowback, somewhere they’re dclaring takfir on the takfiris ] . Ali Minai at BrownPundits has a worthwhile take on what he calls, paradoxically enough, Unreal Islam, from which I’ve excerpted this...
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 zen | Sep 28, 2014 | Monitor
[by Mark Safranski, a.k.a. “zen”] Musician, producer, professor and friend of mine, Joe Tortorici has a brand new e-zine start-up on the arts and social commentary, The Chicago Progressive. I will be contributing short ( 500 words or less) posts on...
by Charles Cameron | Aug 27, 2014 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — an important post with notes for Hagel & Dempsey, also my own thoughts on overlapping eschatologies ] . Moiré effect from Marvic Textiles bois-de-rose ** Tim Furnish has a significant piece out today on his MahdiWatch blog, ISIS:...
