… at this point one might want to at least begin a cursory study of Semeiotics (the study of Signs [icon, index and symbol]) … this is a big one.
… I do not often agree with Pipes but he is a major player in Middle East Foreign Policy commentary. I did however enjoy his Conspiracy: How the Paranoid Style Flourishes and Where It Comes From
… There are no moderate Muslims / Islamists … just like there are no moderate Nazis.
Rabin paid with his life for that photo op.
He thinks he will retain/preserve the monarchy as some quasi Caliphate, won’t happen that way unfortunately for hom I would reckon. Not how Sharia works.
Italy was torn apart because of competing beliefs and the world has been fighting every since…
… probably would have been the same result had the Classical Religions persisted.
Yeah probably, invasions resulted in either a tribute to maintain existing beliefs, change beliefs or pretend…continues into the modern era.
