{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Twist Islamophobia","provider_url":"https:\/\/twistislamophobia.org\/en","author_name":"Fundaci\u00f3n de Cultura Isl\u00e1mica","author_url":"https:\/\/twistislamophobia.org\/en\/author\/funci\/","title":"Islamophobia is real. Stop the obsession with semantics - Twist Islamophobia","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"FI0FjuSvZf\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twistislamophobia.org\/en\/2019\/01\/09\/islamophobia-is-real-stop-the-obsession-with-semantics\/\">Islamophobia is real. Stop the obsession with semantics<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/twistislamophobia.org\/en\/2019\/01\/09\/islamophobia-is-real-stop-the-obsession-with-semantics\/embed\/#?secret=FI0FjuSvZf\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Islamophobia is real. Stop the obsession with semantics&#8221; &#8212; Twist Islamophobia\" data-secret=\"FI0FjuSvZf\" 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\/2019\/01\/Islamophobia_semantics_4-e1547039691212.jpg","thumbnail_width":900,"thumbnail_height":599,"description":"The broad reality comprised by Islamophobia, as well as its recent acknowledgement, has usually resulted in difficulties to define the problem. As Miqdaad Versi, secretary general of the Muslim Council of Britain, explains in this article, this is frequently used by right wing movements or characters in benefit of their arguments. However, as the author arguments, not only they are not entitled to define what Islamophobia is, but the difficulties to conceptualize should not hide the harsh reality there is behind it. Islamophobia is a fiction to shut down debate,\u201d\u00a0railed Melanie Phillips in The Times. Phillips\u2019 lament was a doubling down of her appearance on BBC Sunday Politics earlier in the week where she dismissed Islamophobia by\u00a0complaining that\u00a0\u201cany criticism of the Muslim community is considered Islamophobic\u201d. Others have also challenged the use of the term. Defending his bigotry, the far-right activist Tommy Robinson\u00a0declared: \u201cI\u2019m not talking about Muslims, I\u2019m talking about Islam.\u201d Once again, we see Islamophobia being dismissed by deploying \u201cstraw man\u201d arguments that refer to a shutting down of debate. It is quite astonishing to see this deliberate contortion of Islamophobia to undermine real concerns about bigotry through these semantic games. While writers such as\u00a0Rod Liddle\u00a0and\u00a0Brendan O\u2019Neil\u00a0are natural ..."}