{"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":"A reflection on Anti-Racism in the Islamic tradition - Twist Islamophobia","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"hrj2KtvzX5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twistislamophobia.org\/en\/2020\/10\/20\/reflection-on-anti-racism-in-the-islamic-tradition\/\">A reflection on Anti-Racism in the Islamic tradition<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/twistislamophobia.org\/en\/2020\/10\/20\/reflection-on-anti-racism-in-the-islamic-tradition\/embed\/#?secret=hrj2KtvzX5\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;A reflection on Anti-Racism in the Islamic tradition&#8221; &#8212; Twist Islamophobia\" data-secret=\"hrj2KtvzX5\" 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\/09\/mourad-zarrouk_21.jpg","thumbnail_width":1024,"thumbnail_height":575,"description":"In this article for Traversing Tradition, lawyer Bharath Syal reflects on the anti-Recism inherent to the Quran, as a way to promote both equliaty among Muslims and an anti-Racist position among the general population. Racism has no place in Islam. This is a literal and irrefutable statement which carries important practical applications. The Masjid is a sanctuary of protection from forgetting Allah. It is a house of worship, education, community, friendship, and wisdom. While the Coronavirus has spread across the world, prompting travel restrictions and unprecedented bans on movement, Muslim communities worldwide have been painfully severed from their Masajid. To many, this has been an awakening of gratitude and appreciation, how thankful the best of us become when deprived of something so necessary and easily taken for granted. Now, for a moment, imagine that the virus did not exist. Imagine that it and all the attendant travel restrictions and social distancing rules had never occurred. Imagine the ease of normality returning to you. The open and welcoming doors of the Masjid almost call you in; the warmth of even the stranger\u2019s familiarity, of friendship, and the transcendent peace of prayer in the congregation. I say this not to torture the ..."}