Reza Aslan

No- one is ever told any story but their own.

— Reza Aslan

When you forcefully suppress religious nationalism, you radicalize it.

— Reza Aslan

God doesn't make you a bigot. You're just a bigot.

— Reza Aslan

The language of religion holds the most currency for the masses.

— Reza Aslan

A politician is a politician whether he's wearing a suit or a funny hat.

— Reza Aslan

But every year you grow, you will find me bigger.

— Reza Aslan

You can be a follower of Jesus and not necessarily be a Christian.

— Reza Aslan

Every single interview I have ever done on TV or in print says I'm a Muslim.

— Reza Aslan

“A king with no place to lay his head. A king who came to serve, not to be served.”

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“There would be no more record of who was rich and who was poor. Everyone in this new and divinely inspired world…

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When you're a brown Muslim from Iran talking about Jesus on TV, you need to keep your cool at all times, OK?…

— Reza Aslan

Many poets in Iran have learned to speak almost a secret language, where political issues are talked about in allegorical ways.

— Reza Aslan

The only question that matters with regard to a religion and its mythology is “What do these stories mean?

— Reza Aslan

“Do not think that I have come to bring peace on earth. I have not come to bring peace, but the sword.…

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Religion, it must be understood, is not faith. Religion is the story of faith.

— Reza Aslan

Few Iranians these days go through the fiction of calling themselves 'Persian.' Calling yourself Persian is a way of distancing themselves from…

— Reza Aslan

There's only one reason to be crucified under the Roman Empire, and that is for treason or sedition. Crucifixion, we have to…

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Well, to be clear, I am a scholar of religions with four degrees, including one in the New Testament and fluency in…

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I really believe that to have a full impression of Jesus, both as Christ as a man, you must know about the…

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I'm interested in the origins of the religious experience, how the history of religion has evolved over the last umpteen thousand years,…

— Reza Aslan

Religion is, by definition, interpretation; and by definition, all interpretations are valid. However, some interpretations are more reasonable than others.

— Reza Aslan

Whether you're talking about MSNBC or Fox or CNN, it's all about getting enough interest out there, sensationalizing the story in such…

— Reza Aslan

“As a text, the Quran is more than the foundation of the Islamic religion; it is the source of Arabic grammar. It…

— Reza Aslan

“The Son of God Among Greeks and Romans,” Harvard Theological Review 93.2 (2000): 85–100. Two zealous rabbis, Judas son of Sepphoraeus and…

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We have to remember that the United States has certain principles, certain values that bind us all together, that make us all…

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As with all journeys, the Way has an end, though it should not be imagined as a straight road leading to a…

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Maybe when the President tells you that you should be afraid of Mexicans or Muslims or Jews or black people or gay…

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“...most people in the ancient world, did not make a sharp distinction between myth and reality. The two were intimately tied together…

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Trump is not presidential: this is not normal, it cannot be treated as normal. We have to fight with our last breath…

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For an academic to launch a public conversation about journalistic integrity, the role of religion in society, scholarship and faith is a…

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“How one in the modern world views Jesus's miraculous actions is irrelevant. All that can be known is how the people of…

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“It took many years to cleanse Arabia of its “false idols.” It will take many more to cleanse Islam of its new…

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“The very purpose of designing the Temple of Jerusalem as a series of ever more restrictive ingressions was to maintain the priestly…

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“According to Mark, it was a custom of the Roman governor during the feast of Passover to release one prisoner to the…

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“Consider, for example, how the following verse (4:34) regarding the obligations of men toward women has been rendered into English by two…

— Reza Aslan

“The hadith, insofar as they addressed issues not dealt with in the Quran, would become an indispensable tool in the formation of…

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“Grateful for their generosity, Muhammad orders the land to be leveled, the graves dug up, and the palm trees cut down for…

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“The overwhelming consensus is that the traditions contained within the epistle can confidently be traced to James the Just. That would make…

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“The choice between James’s vision of a Jewish religion anchored in the Law of Moses and derived from a Jewish nationalist who…

— Reza Aslan

“There are two distinct methods of interpreting the Quran. The first, tafsir, is primarily concerned with elucidating the literal meaning of the…

— Reza Aslan