{"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":"American Muslims, at the center of resistance - Twist Islamophobia","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Cp0scTBEs7\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twistislamophobia.org\/en\/2019\/09\/03\/american-muslims-at-the-center-of-resistance\/\">American Muslims, at the center of resistance<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/twistislamophobia.org\/en\/2019\/09\/03\/american-muslims-at-the-center-of-resistance\/embed\/#?secret=Cp0scTBEs7\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;American Muslims, at the center of resistance&#8221; &#8212; Twist Islamophobia\" data-secret=\"Cp0scTBEs7\" 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\/09\/American-Muslims_0_Pedro-Szekely.jpg","thumbnail_width":639,"thumbnail_height":427,"description":"In this article, Abbas Barzegar, National Director of Research and Advocacy at the Council on American Relations (CAIR), reflects on the importance and difficulties for activism in the times of Trump in the United States. As he mentions, it is not fair to consider that activism is retreating, and many of them continue to carry out an efficient and prominent work on everyday basis, and far from the cameras. They say sunlight is the best disinfectant, but we also know that too much of it can land you in hospital. It can even give you cancer. It is a lot better for your health, they say, to take it in moderate doses and maybe spend a bit of time indoors during the summer, too. And that pretty much sums up the way I feel about a\u00a0recent article\u00a0haphazardly criticising American Muslim organisations of\u00a0being comprised and\u00a0the community of lacking courage in the face of US imperialism and the Trump administration&#8217;s unapologetically white supremacist global agenda. I agree &#8211; some American Muslim figures have made back door deals with governments and media that have not only been shocking but are\u00a0tantamount to betrayal. And I concede that a lot of well-intended political calculations have ..."}