Not Dubuque, Dabiq — DAH-biq
[ by Charles Cameron — hopefully, we live and learn — plus a quiet, personal announcement ]
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Here’s Marco Rubio, from earlier in the month:
Apparently he said much the same last night, though I haven’t found the video.
I’m grateful to Will McCants for this clarification, too:
A persnickety note: Dabiq is pronounced DAH-biq, not dah-BEEQ.
— Will McCants (@will_mccants) January 29, 2016
I’ve been guilty of the same mistake. And I still don’t know how often or egregiously I offend in mixing diffrerent methods of Romanizing Arabic in a single post.
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Okay, that’s the tiny but hopefully helpful point I wanted to make, and what follows is by way of a grace note.
Rubio’s comments last night seem to be good for book sales, too. For McCants:
Rubio is hellbent on boosting my book sales
— Will McCants (@will_mccants) January 29, 2016
and for Tim Furnish:
#Rubio mentions #apocalyptic group #ISIS! Good show! #republicandebate Get a copy of my book @marcorubio ! pic.twitter.com/kjAmU3kUSx
— Timothy Furnish, PhD (@Occidentaljihad) January 29, 2016
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Oh, and an announcement:
I now have a proposal making the rounds for a book exploring the nature of religious and specifically apocalyptic violence — across continents and centuries, in great religions and small sects — drawing on comparative religious, anthropological and depth psychological angles to provide context for a richer understanding of contemporary jihadism and the passion that drives it.
