1.0Twist Islamophobiahttps://twistislamophobia.org/enFundación de Cultura Islámicahttps://twistislamophobia.org/en/author/funci/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="2QX1fWf2ov"><a href="https://twistislamophobia.org/en/2019/06/03/is-sufism-the-good-islam/">Is Sufism the “good Islam”?</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://twistislamophobia.org/en/2019/06/03/is-sufism-the-good-islam/embed/#?secret=2QX1fWf2ov" width="600" height="338" title="“Is Sufism the “good Islam”?” — Twist Islamophobia" data-secret="2QX1fWf2ov" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://twistislamophobia.org/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> https://twistislamophobia.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Didac_Sufismo_2.jpg800600Dídac P. Lagarriga *(Translation of an article originally published in Diari ARA, Barcelona, 16-05-2019) Good and bad. Without shades, ignoring all complexities, ignoring that to live is to assume we are diversity, both socially and individually. And yet, we tend to look for good and bad, homogeneous and immutable. We know that Islam, since 9-11, is in the spotlight. An Islam that resists to be understood as a homogeneous block, and that, because of that, keeps receiving all kind of labels in an attempt to understand it. From outside and inside, that is, many Muslims also participate in this current trend of labelling each other, defining themselves and differentiating each other. In the last years, and as a consequence of the complex sociopolitical context, the idea of a moderate Islam opposed to a radical Islam is growing stronger. The good and the bad, as always, are fictional characters that allows us to create our own fantasies. But the category of “good” and “bad” –or in the politically correct terms, “moderate” and “radical”– are contextual and temporary, not an essence that impregnates Muslims from the cradle to the grave. There is, however, the desire of essentialising the other, and even essentialising ...