Center for Strategic Communication

Dabiq issue 3 part 1- Hijrah

by | Sep 5, 2014 | Monitor

[ by Charles Cameron — a pilgrimage with no return — IS as the victorious group, the saved sect, the strangers ] . ** Hijrah is emigration for religious purposes, pilgrimage on a one-way ticket, and the archetypal Hijrah, that which was made by the Prophet...

A State Dept DoubleQuote

by | Sep 3, 2014 | Monitor

[ by Charles Cameron — countering violent extremism, or the State Department goes Godwin, plus beards, good and evil ] . Then & Now: Nazis – like #ISIS – murdered out of intolerance, hatred, zeal http://t.co/igYDgfzwUT #thinkagainturnaway...

Black Banners in the Washington Post

by | Aug 20, 2014 | Monitor

[ by Charles Cameron — the one point missing IMO in an otherwise fine piece ] . ** In WaPo, under the header How the violent Islamic State extremists got their signature flag, Abby Phillip tackles what I believe is a very significant question, that of the black...

Turner and Touchstone

by | Aug 8, 2014 | Monitor

[ by Charles Cameron — Shakespeare and the Shakespearean professor on argumentation and lies, then and now ] . Frederick Turner, left, Peter Frechette as Touchstone, Oregon Shakespeare festival 2012, right ** Touchstone, in As You Like It, Act V scene 4:...