{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Casting Stones","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/castingstones","author_name":"dali","author_url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/castingstones\/author\/dali","title":"Is Being Muslim Really so Bad? - Casting Stones","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"egOQUD16MJ\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/castingstones\/2008\/02\/is-being-muslim-really-so-bad.html\">Is Being Muslim Really so Bad?<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/castingstones\/2008\/02\/is-being-muslim-really-so-bad.html\/embed#?secret=egOQUD16MJ\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Is Being Muslim Really so Bad?&#8221; &#8212; Casting Stones\" data-secret=\"egOQUD16MJ\" 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\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"The question must be asked by an American Muslim&#8211;it is really so bad for any of the presidential candidates to have any ties, even the slenderest of ties, to Muslims? More specifically, why is Barack Obama\u2019s campaign so intent on snuffing out any connection he has&#8211;through his own family or through any of his travels&#8211;with&hellip;","thumbnail_url":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/castingstones\/files\/import\/obama19.jpg"}