“As a text, the Quran is more than the foundation of the Islamic religion; it is the source of Arabic grammar. It… — Reza Aslan Copy Share Image
“The Prophet himself sometimes openly suppressed or negated older verses, considering them to have been replaced by newer ones. That is because… — Reza Aslan Copy Share Image
But perhaps the most important innovation in the doctrine of jihad was its outright prohibition of all but strictly defensive wars. “Fight… — Reza Aslan Copy Share Image
Even the Quran, which Sufis respect as the direct speech of God, lacks the capacity to shed light upon God’s essence. As… — 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
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
“The choice between James’s vision of a Jewish religion anchored in the Law of Moses and derived from a Jewish nationalist who fought against… — Reza Aslan Copy Share Image
“Paul's portrayal of Jesus as Christ may sound familiar to contemporary Christians—it has since become the standard doctrine of the church—but it would have… — Reza Aslan Copy Share Image
