There's this notion that Republicans are the party of Jesus and the Democrats are the Godless party. Let's be clear for a minute. One party wants to give health insurance to the poor and the weak and the dispossessed, and one party wants to take away that health insurance and give tax breaks to rich people. You tell me: which side would Jesus fall on that argument?
Reza AslanOver the last few years, the Islamic world has produced more female presidents and prime ministers than both Europe and North America combined.
Reza AslanIt is the job of the historian to say what is likely, and of faith to say what is possible.
Reza AslanThe Revolutionary Guard controls almost everything in Iran, and this is hurting the people.
Reza AslanA 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.
Reza AslanWhat's happened in the United States is something that has already happened in Europe and that is that Islam is become 'otherised', it has become a kind of receptacle into which fears and anxieties about the political or economic situation, about the changing racial landscape of this country are being thrown.
Reza Aslan