by Charles Cameron | Mar 31, 2015 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — not particularly anxious to own a BMW — but did I once win a Rolls for a night of Bach at the Hollywood Bowl ] . Sources: Belfast Telegraph, Jihadi brides with BMW M5s Dabiq, issue #8 p.34, The Twin Halves of the Muhajirin So...
by Charles Cameron | Sep 23, 2014 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — humor, comparison, elucidation, analytic necessity, apocalyptic, and the matter of the Mardin fatwa ] . For many Muslims, these two comparisons explain simply and effectively just how divergent from their understanding of Islam the...
by Charles Cameron | Jul 28, 2014 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — Dabiq issue #2 ends with a note about the Dajjal — thus bookending the issue with apocalyptic references ] . Hello Kitty's caliphate — see below ** There’s not a whole lot more that’s distinctively oriented to...
by Charles Cameron | Oct 13, 2013 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — eccentric cleanliness and uncleanness, and a righteous blast of Handel ] . I ran across two quotes the other day that made me decided to start a collection of what I’ll call “Quotes from Outer Orbits”. Here are the first...
by Charles Cameron | Sep 9, 2013 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — a popular catch-phrase fumbled ] . ** TE Lawrence was an original. The “second senior official” either has a poor memory for quotations, or wishes he were an original, sad in either case. Hat-tip to the Small Wars Journal...