{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Idol Chatter","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter","author_name":"Idol Chatter","author_url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/author\/idolchatter","title":"'The Reluctant Fundamentalist': A Tense, Necessary Ride","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"UbNX0VIHji\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2007\/06\/the-reluctant-fundamentalist-a.html\">&#8216;The Reluctant Fundamentalist&#8217;: A Tense, Necessary Ride<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2007\/06\/the-reluctant-fundamentalist-a.html\/embed#?secret=UbNX0VIHji\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;&#8216;The Reluctant Fundamentalist&#8217;: A Tense, Necessary Ride&#8221; &#8212; Idol Chatter\" data-secret=\"UbNX0VIHji\" 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":"&#8220;The form the novel, with the narrator and his audience both acting as characters, allowed me to mirror the mutual suspicion with which America and Pakistan (or the Muslim world) look at one another,&#8221; said author Mohsin Hamid. Hamid\u2019s recent novel, &#8220;The Reluctant Fundamentalist,&#8221; is written as a monologue, a very challenging style since the&hellip;","thumbnail_url":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/idolchatter\/files\/import\/reluctant-fundamentalist_id.jpg"}