1.0Twist Islamophobiahttps://twistislamophobia.org/enFundación de Cultura Islámicahttps://twistislamophobia.org/en/author/funci/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="eupntiry3L"><a href="https://twistislamophobia.org/en/2020/05/20/surah-covid-humour-cyberbullying-and-islamophobia/">Surah Covid: humour, cyberbullying, and Islamophobia</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://twistislamophobia.org/en/2020/05/20/surah-covid-humour-cyberbullying-and-islamophobia/embed/#?secret=eupntiry3L" width="600" height="338" title="“Surah Covid: humour, cyberbullying, and Islamophobia” — Twist Islamophobia" data-secret="eupntiry3L" 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/2020/05/edh.jpg980551These months of pandemic we are witnessing the controversy caused by the publishing of the so-called “surah Kuruna”, written in imitation of a Quranic sura. From the radical front, there has been a wave and threats through the social media, while in Europe, the event has been used to promote anti-Muslim racism and discrimination. An Islamic reading, however, shows a measured position, far from all extremism. Daniel Gil-Benumeya – FUNCI Translation: Alfonso Casani – FUNCI In March, coinciding with the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic and the lockdown measures imposed all across the world, a young Tunisian woman wrote in her Facebook profile a humorous and apocryphal poem on the unparalleled situation we are living. The poem, written in classic Arabic, imitates the style of the Quranic verses in fact, it was titled surah Kuruna. Let us remember that the surah are each of 114 chapters in which the Quran is divided. The authorship of the poem (there are at least two versions of it in Arabic) remains unknown, so we don’t know the intentions behind the poem. For the use of the pararreligious language, we might think that he/she intended to raise awareness, ironically, about the need to take ...