{"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 in the US presidential election - Twist Islamophobia","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"aPQeviw0KZ\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twistislamophobia.org\/en\/2020\/09\/16\/islamophobia-in-the-us-presidential-election\/\">Islamophobia in the US presidential election<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/twistislamophobia.org\/en\/2020\/09\/16\/islamophobia-in-the-us-presidential-election\/embed\/#?secret=aPQeviw0KZ\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Islamophobia in the US presidential election&#8221; &#8212; Twist Islamophobia\" data-secret=\"aPQeviw0KZ\" 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\/2020\/09\/Kamala-Harris_photo-by-Gage-Skidmore.jpg","thumbnail_width":800,"thumbnail_height":443,"description":"Nazia Kazi, associate professor of anthropology and specialist on Islamophobia, writes this article for Aljazeera about the current presidential election in the US, and the structural Islamophobia present in the Democratic Party. As Kazi explains, although Islamophobia is more obvious among the ranks of the Republican Party, it has been present as well in the main policies promoted by former President Obama and the actions supported by current candidate Biden. With Barack Obama&#8217;s victory in the 2008 presidential election, many in the United States hoped for the retreat of Bush administration policies that criminalised the lives of Muslims. Yet Obama&#8217;s two terms did little to challenge the most devastating forms of American Islamophobia: war-making, policing and immigration policy. On the contrary, his presidency saw an eager expansion of Islamophobia. Obama renewed and expanded the US Patriot\u00a0Act. He classified Muslim civilians killed in US strikes as &#8220;enemy combatants&#8221;. And his\u00a0Countering Violent Extremism\u00a0initiative functioned as a form of soft-policing in the lives of ordinary Muslims. In his creation of a &#8220;kill list&#8221; and a sweeping provision allowing the worldwide indefinite military detention of US citizen terror suspects without charge, Obama did not just inherit Bush-era Islamophobia &#8211; he proactively expanded it. Twelve ..."}