Is it possible that Jesus, unlike 98 percent of his fellow Jews, was literate and educated? Yes, it's possible. — Reza Aslan Copy Share Image
Islam doesn't promote violence or peace. Islam is just a religion, and like every religion in the world, it depends on what… — Reza Aslan Copy Share Image
“Thus began the long process of transforming Jesus from a revolutionary Jewish nationalist into a peaceful spiritual leader with no interest in… — Reza Aslan Copy Share Image
I have to say that it's a weird feeling to have to respond to a Christian leader of an anti-Muslims organisation -… — Reza Aslan Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
I've taught the Bible all my life and I believe in the rights of Jews to have a place in the Holy… — Reza Aslan Copy Share Image
“According to Mark, it was a custom of the Roman governor during the feast of Passover to release one prisoner to the… — Reza Aslan Copy Share Image
The Jews integrated themselves into American life to the point that the argument that the Jews aren't American sounded so stupid, that… — Reza Aslan Copy Share Image
In the 5,000-year history of Jewish thought, the notion of a God-man is completely anathema to everything Judaism stands for. — Reza Aslan Copy Share Image
Maybe when the President tells you that you should be afraid of Mexicans or Muslims or Jews or black people or gay… — Reza Aslan Copy Share Image
“Despite two millennia of Christian apologetics, the fact is that belief in a dying and rising messiah simply did not exist in Judaism. In… — Reza Aslan Copy Share Image
Religion doesn't make people bigots. People are bigots and they use religion to justify their ideology. — Reza Aslan Copy Share Image
“Scattered across the Roman Empire, it was only natural for the gospel writers to distance themselves from the Jewish independence movement by erasing, as… — Reza Aslan Copy Share Image
“There is a term for this phenomenon—politicomorphism, or “the divinization of earthly politics”—and it is, to this day, one of the central features of… — Reza Aslan Copy Share Image
Obama has been the single worst president in modern American history in dealing with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. — Reza Aslan Copy Share Image
There's no question that homophobia is rampant among the world's 1.5 billion Muslims - but that doesn't negate the fact that there are huge… — Reza Aslan Copy Share Image
Well, to be clear, I am a scholar of religions with four degrees, including one in the New Testament and fluency in Biblical Greek… — Reza Aslan Copy Share Image
“There would be no more record of who was rich and who was poor. Everyone in this new and divinely inspired world order would… — Reza Aslan Copy Share Image
My biography of Jesus is probably the first popular biography that does not use the New Testament as its primary source material. — Reza Aslan Copy Share Image
“Pilate, as the histories reveal, was not one for trials. In his ten years as governor of Jerusalem, he had sent thousands upon thousands… — Reza Aslan Copy Share Image
