{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Twist Islamophobia","provider_url":"https:\/\/twistislamophobia.org\/en","author_name":"twist_admin","author_url":"https:\/\/twistislamophobia.org\/en\/author\/twist_admin\/","title":"When islamophobia is labelled as \u201cacademic\" - Twist Islamophobia","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"oo3JUCIe1V\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twistislamophobia.org\/en\/2017\/03\/31\/when-islamophobia-is-labelled-as-academic\/\">When islamophobia is labelled as \u201cacademic&#8221;<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/twistislamophobia.org\/en\/2017\/03\/31\/when-islamophobia-is-labelled-as-academic\/embed\/#?secret=oo3JUCIe1V\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;When islamophobia is labelled as \u201cacademic&#8221;&#8221; &#8212; Twist Islamophobia\" data-secret=\"oo3JUCIe1V\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!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);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/twistislamophobia.org\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/twistislamophobia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/mito_alandalus-1.jpg","thumbnail_width":828,"thumbnail_height":549,"description":"In the last years, several have been published that, without relying in scientific and objective research studies, atack Islam and the Muslim population, through generalizations that reflect the prejudices, fears and discriminatory tendencies existing in society. This entry intends to warn against that kind of studies, which rely in the reputation granted by the authors\u2019 academic position and in partial research proceses to generate clearly islamophobic analysis. Such is the case of works such as\u00a0\u201cThe Myth of the Andalusian Paradise\u201d, by Dar\u00edo Fern\u00e1ndez-Morera,\u00a0\u201cAl-\u00e1ndalus contra Espa\u00f1a: la forja de un mito\u201d\u00a0(Al-Andalus against Spain: the forge of a myth), de Seraf\u00edn Fajul, and\u00a0\u201cAl-\u00c1ndalus y la Cruz\u201d\u00a0(Al-Andalus and the Cross), by Rafael S\u00e1nchez Saus. Regarding other current topics, we can highlight\u00a0\u201cWhat\u2019s wrong with Muslims?\u201d\u00a0(by Satoshi Kanazawa) and\u00a0\u201cGoing Muslim\u201d\u00a0(by Tunku Varadajan), both analyzed by Abderrahman El-Sayed in his study \u201cIs your Professor an Islamophobe?\u201d. The first three tackle what they consider to be an \u201cidealized\u201d period of history, rejecting the tolerance and cohabitation that characterized it. While mythicizing, on their side, the Visigoth period, they reject the philosophical contributions made to Europe by the Arabs and emphasize the social and interreligious conflicts existing during the Al-Andalus period, over the periods of peaceful and productive ..."}