{"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":"Secularist thinkers and the misunderstanding of Islam - Twist Islamophobia","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"UCiMrc6spo\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twistislamophobia.org\/en\/2021\/09\/10\/secularist-thinkers-and-the-misunderstanding-of-islam\/\">Secularist thinkers and the misunderstanding of Islam<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/twistislamophobia.org\/en\/2021\/09\/10\/secularist-thinkers-and-the-misunderstanding-of-islam\/embed\/#?secret=UCiMrc6spo\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Secularist thinkers and the misunderstanding of Islam&#8221; &#8212; Twist Islamophobia\" data-secret=\"UCiMrc6spo\" 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\/09\/adonis-1.jpg","thumbnail_width":600,"thumbnail_height":340,"description":"The great Syrian poet Adonis talks about Islam in two books of interviews. His conversations are filled with interpretations and reductionisms about religion, the Arab world and the history of Islam. Suleima Mourad* In the 19th century, impressed by European modernity and its achievements, intellectuals in the Muslim world were divided into three currents. On the one hand, secularists such as Mirza Aqa Khan Kermani in Iran and Mustafa Kemal Atat\u00fcrk&#8217;s movement in Turkey held Islam responsible for the backwardness of Muslims. They gradually abandoned religion and adopted Western thought and dress. Modernists such as Jamal Al-Din Al-Afghani (Iran) and Muhammad Abduh (Egypt) advocated reforms while maintaining the &#8220;fundamental&#8221; ideas of Islam. These authors, however, disagreed on the nature of these fundamental ideas and on the reforms that needed to be undertaken. For their part, Muslim fundamentalists, such as Rashid Rida in the Arab world or Aboul Ala Maududi in South Asia, insisted that Islam was perfect and timeless. If Muslims had problems (economic, political, military, etc.) it was their fault for not adhering strictly to the teachings of Islam. Each of these three currents invented a golden age, just as the Europeans did during the Renaissance. The secularists went ..."}