{"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":"Islam is not in crisis, liberalism is - Twist Islamophobia","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"g6OF8JVut7\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twistislamophobia.org\/en\/2020\/11\/16\/islam-is-not-in-crisis-liberalism-is\/\">Islam is not in crisis, liberalism is<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/twistislamophobia.org\/en\/2020\/11\/16\/islam-is-not-in-crisis-liberalism-is\/embed\/#?secret=g6OF8JVut7\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Islam is not in crisis, liberalism is&#8221; &#8212; Twist Islamophobia\" data-secret=\"g6OF8JVut7\" 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\/11\/Iraq-war.jpg","thumbnail_width":799,"thumbnail_height":533,"description":"In this article, originally written for Aljazeera, educator and organizer Asad Dandia looks at the current controversies taking place in France and the US with regard to Islam, to conclude that this issue transcends Islam and the Muslim world, and it directly affects liberalism as a whole, its values and ways of action. An original look to the structural factors behind Islamophobia and the understanding of the Muslim Other. Last month, French President Emmanuel Macron declared in an address to the nation that \u201cIslam is a religion that is in crisis today all over the world\u201d. In the same speech, he unveiled a political programme for strengthening la\u00efcit\u00e9, France\u2019s unique iteration of secularism that stringently restricts religion in the public sphere. Since then, a brutal decapitation of a schoolteacher, the vicious stabbing of two Muslim women and diplomatic spats have reignited global anxieties about the entanglement between Islam and la\u00efcit\u00e9. Much has been written about France\u2019s weaponisation of la\u00efcit\u00e9 to discriminate against Muslims and on the history of French liberalism as a rationale for the brutal colonisation of millions of peoples across Asia and Africa \u2013 what it called its \u201cmission civilisatrice\u201d (civilising mission). This violence is as much part ..."}