by Charles Cameron | Jan 9, 2014 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — puzzled, amused, and a little pained by these goings on ] . There’s a new-ish monument of the Ten Commandments at the Oklahoma state capitol, and now some Satanists want to erect a statue of their deity, and Oklahoman Hindus are...
by Charles Cameron | Jun 5, 2013 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — the second holiest site in Islam disrespected by the editors of Azan? ] . I’ve taken out the surrounding matter, but here’s the section on “decorated mosques” as a sign of the time of the Dajjal or Islamic...
by Patricia Lee Sharpe | Jul 25, 2012 | Monitor
By Patricia Lee SharpeTimbuktu, for most Westerners, is simply another word for the end of the world. Today, in fact, it’s a somewhat decayed real city on the southern edge of the Sahara desert. Once upon a time, however, Timbuktu was a vital commercial and cultural...