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Salah al-Din: Characteristics of Conquest – Part III
Section III: Four Key Aspects of Salah al-Din’s Character In the final analysis, Salah al-Din was a multi-layered character who, it seems, gave careful thought to how best to achieve his goals. Though contemporary chroniclers and modern historians differ in opinions as to Salah al-Din’s abilities and motivations thereby coloring the lens through which we…
Gravity is Out of Date
Update: 13:30CST It’s baaaack. The Tiangong-1 crashed into the South Pacific somewhere northwest of Tahiti at 8:16PM EDT. ——- For those who have seen the movie ‘Gravity’, you know that the Chinese space station Tiangong-1 plays a major role. It is, in fact, the ‘lifeboat’ that saves Sandra Bullock’s character. The only problem? That scenario is no longer…
Societal Impact of the Internet in Indonesia
The Internet, once the exclusive domain of computer scientists and government agencies, has become a global, information phenomenon, reflecting the best and worst of human society. It facilitates and empowers movements that seek social change, yet at the same time facilitates the spread of terrorism and empowers terrorist organizations in their recruitment, propaganda and indoctrination…
Hamas and the Indoctrination of Palestinian Children-Part III
Note: this section contains the list of works cited at the end Section III: Unconventional Education and its Impact Hamas’ Extra-Curricular Methodology Hamas, not content to rely exclusively on school textbooks to accomplish their goal of radical Islamic indoctrination, masterfully employs a number of media to promote their focused message to children. These media all…
Enterprise Architecture: Theory vs. Practice
The primary source for the information related to the “theory” of successful enterprise architecture (EA) contained in this paper is the course text by Jeanne Ross, Peter Weill, David Robertson, Enterprise Architecture As Strategy: Creating a Foundation for Business Execution. In their book, Ross, Weill and Robertson lay out a solid, theoretical foundation for establishing…
Background: North Korean Nuclear Program
North Korea is a hot topic right now so I thought it would be worthwhile to give some background into their nuclear program. In 2006, 2009 and 2013, North Korea tested atomic weapons and in 2016 tested another, larger weapon with a yield of 10-30 kilotonnes[i]. It’s worth noting that the atomic bombs dropped in World War II were…
Hamas and the Indoctrination of Palestinian Children-Part I
“For Palestine is a sacred Islamic land that has been forcibly seized by the Zionists, and it is the duty of Muslims to conduct a holy struggle to regain it and to expel the invader from it.” –Hamas Introductory Memorandum, Article 7 . “…exterminate the Zionist germ…” [an 8th grade Palestinian textbook, page 117.] “We…
