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Quote of the Day Fresh quotes Topics Authors I'm Feeling Lucky Disable ads! 46 quotes by Reza Aslan Reza Aslan (Persian: رضا اصلان , IPA: [ˈɾezɒː æsˈlɒːn]; born May 3, 1972) is an Iranian-American writer, scholar of religious studies and a professor of creative writing at the University of California, Riverside. He is a member of American Academy of Religion. His books include the international bestseller No god but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam, which has been translated into 13 languages, and Zealot: The Life and... Read full biography of Reza Aslan → 1 2 3 4 Ctrl → I am a scholar of religions with four degrees, including one in the New Testament and fluency in Biblical Greek, who has been studying the origins of... → 0 Religion doesn't make people bigots. People are bigots and they use religion to justify their ideology. 0 Many of the prophets of Jesus's time were thought to just be mad men, just sort of crazy people who were claiming to channel the divine. Perhaps... → 0 There were dozens of people who walked through the Holy Land claiming to be the Messiah, curing the sick, exorcising demons, challenging Rome... → 0 The more I started studying the historical Jesus, the man who lived 2,000 years ago... the more I started to realize that there was this chasm... → 0 It is no exaggeration to say that Syria holds the key for nearly all of America's foreign policy goals in the Middle East. As Syria goes, so goes... → 0 Anyone who says that Iran will commit suicide with its nuclear power is a moron and has no business in discussion. 0 Islamophobia has become so mainstream in this country that Americans have been trained to expect violence against Muslims - not excuse it, but expect... → 0 I believe in God, which means I am open to some absurd possibilities. But I understand the power of that faith, and I understand the metaphor of that... → 0 I see the scriptures of the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament very much the same way that I see the scriptures of the Quran or the Gathas or the... → 0 A cosmic war is like a ritual drama in which participants act out on Earth a battle they believe is actually taking place in the heavens. 0 There's nothing more distasteful than an academic having to, like, trot out his credentials. You really come off as a jerk when you do that. 0 When you forcefully suppress religious nationalism, you radicalize it. 0 1 2 3 4 Ctrl → Add a quote!


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