by Charles Cameron | Jul 3, 2014 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — how the “end times” aspect of the new “caliphate” gets buried somewhere under all the books, papers, and old burrito wrappings on my desk ] . ** Richard Barrett‘s report for The Soufan Group in June 2014,...
by Charles Cameron | Jun 30, 2014 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — two superb pieces this week on Iraq and ISIS, deserving of a slow and grateful reading — and a third on IS, the “caliphate” into which ISIS renamed itself just today ] . Peter J. Munson leads off my list with a wide-angle...
by Charles Cameron | Apr 28, 2014 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — another timely reminder of the Mahdist / “end times” strand in AQ affiliate JN ] . Sami Al-’Uraydi, senior Jabhat Al-Nusra religious authority, according to MEMRI’s account: Thanks to Allah, the banner has been...
by Charles Cameron | Apr 21, 2014 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — Seder and Supper, Resurrection and Easter? ] . There has been a long dispute as to whether the Last Supper, at which Christ inaugurated the Eucharist, was a Passover seder or not. The Gospel of John, 19.14, says that Jesus was taken before...
by Charles Cameron | Mar 14, 2014 | Monitor
[ Guest post by Dr Tim Furnish — cross-posted from MahdiWatch ] . Even Christ might have a hard time fixing John Brennan's view of Islam, unlike with this chap ** In Shakespeare’s works, particularly King Lear, “blindness is not [merely] a physical quality,...
