{"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":"Europe's witch hunt against Political Islam - Twist Islamophobia","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"9TKE7nbNFD\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twistislamophobia.org\/en\/2021\/05\/27\/europes-witch-hunt-against-political-islam\/\">Europe&#8217;s witch hunt against Political Islam<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/twistislamophobia.org\/en\/2021\/05\/27\/europes-witch-hunt-against-political-islam\/embed\/#?secret=9TKE7nbNFD\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Europe&#8217;s witch hunt against Political Islam&#8221; &#8212; Twist Islamophobia\" data-secret=\"9TKE7nbNFD\" 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\/2021\/05\/Islamophobia_Germany.jpg","thumbnail_width":1200,"thumbnail_height":627,"description":"Scholar Farid Hafez, who has recently faced a prosecution campaign by the government of Austria, asks himself in this article (originally published by the newspaper the Middle East Eye) about the reasons behind the growing stances against Political Islam that are being adopted by public authorities all across Europe. A spectre is haunting Europe: the spectre of political Islam. From France\u2019s fight against \u201cIslamo-leftism\u201d to Austria\u2019s battle against \u201cpolitical Islam\u201d, Muslims and Muslim anti-racist civil society groups are coming under more and more pressure from state authorities. In\u00a0both countries, governments have shut down NGOs and mosques, limited freedom of expression, and\u00a0raided\u00a0homes and institutions under the pretext of the \u201cwar on terror\u201d. Such measures intensified after terrorist\u00a0attacks\u00a0were\u00a0carried out\u00a0last year. In Germany, Chancellor Angela Merkel\u2019s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) appears set to follow in the footsteps of French President Emmanuel Macron and Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz. While Macron was met with harsh\u00a0international criticism\u00a0for his anti-Muslim legislation, Kurz\u2019s initiatives went\u00a0nearly unnoticed. But they all seem to follow the same playbook, claiming to protect the majority of peaceful and law-abiding Muslims while targeting only the \u201cdangerous\u201d Muslims. This crusader rhetoric does not come out of thin air. Statements like these build on a long ..."}