by Charles Cameron | Aug 16, 2013 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — the lure of exile, of hijra, in the context of western jihadists going abroad ] . Whereas the Prophet’s first visionary reception of the Quran dates to 609-610 CE, and the Prophet himself was born some 40 years earlier, the Islamic...
by Charles Cameron | Aug 7, 2013 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — mostly about monks vs riot police on the Holy Mountain ] . I’ve written often enough about the black banners in Islamic iconography — here are two examples of black flags from Greece, one of them specifically Christian: The...
by Charles Cameron | Jun 6, 2013 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — human beings are a whole lot more interesting than was previously thought, evidence suggests ] . First, you should know that the English Defence League is, by its own account, “an inclusive movement dedicated to peacefully protesting...
by Charles Cameron | Jun 4, 2013 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — a quick, minor note ] . You may of course already know this, but in case you don’t… May eye was caught by the words “Your leaders are assaultive, oppressive and tyrannical” in the English subtitles to Qasim...
by Charles Cameron | May 29, 2013 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — with Wagner and Abu Dujana as examples, the cognitive sting here is in the tail — the power of a double image to engage both emotion and insight ] . Love and death. ** The human mind thinks in parallelisms and oppositions. My lords,...
