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About Reza Aslan (No god But God)
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Contrary to popular perception, Islam is a religion firmly rooted in the prophetic traditions of the Jewish and Christian scriptures.????????نه غزه نه لبنان جانم فدای ایران
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Ketab ro hanouz nakhoundam ! az chand vaght pish ta beh hal ,be man sefaresh shodeh keh in ketab ro bekhounam.Originally posted by donsaeid View Post
Az gharar-e ma'alum,in agha hesabi gol kardeh ba in ketab !Comment
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Reza Aslan has written a book 'No god but God' and he has been doing the rounds at the various news stations, talking a whole lot of smack. His latest PR stunt on YouTube summarizes his idiotic views on the Muslim world, making me cringe at every word.
I agree with Reza that in the US, the leaders base their ideologies in religion. I agree that there then is hypocrisy from the West when the East does the same thing. But this so-called 'scholar' is missing some fundamental history on Iran and is a little too eager to hear himself talk.
Walking down a New York City street in his floral Dolce & Gabbana shirt, he talks to his agent like an out-of-work actor hoping to make it big one day. He admits that he got the call after 9/11 to cash in on what was going on and he has decided he can be a 'public intellectual'.
'Islam is hot right now, so let me talk about it and I can be on TV.'
Add a fake beard and big words like 'metaphysical contemplation' and Lou Dobbs will eat it UP. How religious is Reza Aslan really and where did the beard come from all of a sudden? Forget the clever agent; the man must have good character designers on his production team.
Reza warns people of a 'cataclysmic event' that will happen some time soon in the Muslim world, sounding part like Mohammad, and part like the 10 o'clock news anchor, scaring you into watching the rest of the show. Sadly, he views himself as a 'first generation Muslim American'.
You know what I think? I think he's spent just a little too much time in the tanning salon in Soho. I also gather he doesn't know much about Persian culture. And from the sound of his 'Ahmadinejad' pronunciation, I am willing to bet his Farsi is not so hot either.
My advice to the young 'scholar' would be to learn a little about the real Iran. The one that has Jews and Armenians and Zoroastrians in it. The one that wrote an epic about our kings to save our language and our heritage. The place where wine was invented and where people still celebrate Norouz and Mehregan.
Reza says that in the U.S., the American Muslims outnumber Jews as the largest religious minority group. I can tell you that not a single person in that group would be from Iran. Since Mohammad invaded the Persians and forced Islam on Iran, Iranians have resisted that religion with full force.
Since when did Iranians have anything in common with the Arab world that Reza invites 'Muslims of the world to unite'? Since when did it become ok to mix religion with state and opt for a 'reformed Islamic government' in Iran?
Why else would we have Shiites and Sunnis? Hint: it’s so 'we' are not like 'them'. The Islam that is practiced in Iran is a bastardized, Persianized version of what Mohammad envisioned and it still makes no sense! What’s more, the 74 different sects of Islam that have been created since the coming of Mohammad have nothing in common. You think the Ismaili’s or Bahai’s will want to join Reza's “Muslim” movement?
Reza Aslan, you are a moron. Shame on you for forgetting that you are Iranian first. Shame on you for posing as a scholar when you have not done your homework. You are an embarrassment.
You need to think long and hard about what you are out there peddling; even if it does turn into cold, hard cash and pays your suntanning bills.
You need to learn that religion needs to stay out of the public arena and government. You need to practice your faith behind closed doors and preach your 'intellectual' non-speak somewhere else (how about the African-American Muslims – you’d make a great Malcolm X).
Do me a favor and, please for the sake of all educated and intelligent Iranians, keep it in your pants and leave us alone.Comment
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Reza Aslan, an internationally acclaimed writer and scholar of religions,
and regular commentator for NPR's Marketplace and Middle East Analyst
for CBS News will give a lecture on “The Future of Islam: Toward the
Islamic Reformation” at the Newport Beach Central Library.
WHEN: Friday, April 20, 2007 @ 7:30 pm
Saturday, April 21, 2007 @ 2:00pm (SOLD OUT)
WHERE: Newport Beach Central Library
Friends Meeting Room
1000 Avocado Avenue, Newport Beach
COST: Friday Evening: $40 per person. Includes wine reception, dessert, book signing, live music.
Saturday Afternoon: $25 per person. Includes refreshments and book signing.
BACKGROUND:
Reza Aslan is one of the nation's most respected experts on Islam and the Middle East. He is a research associate at the University of Southern California's Center on Public Diplomacy, Middle East Commentator for NPR's 'Marketplace' and Muslim Affairs Analyst for CBS News. He was elected president of Harvard's Chapter of the World Conference on Religion and Peace, a United Nations Organization committed to solving religious conflicts throughout the world.
Aslan has written for the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, Slate, Boston Globe, the Washington Post, the Nation, and others, and has appeared on Meet the Press, Hardball, The Daily Show, Real Time with Bill Maher and Nightline.
He is the author of the internationally acclaimed No god but God: the Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam. Praised by the New York Times as a 'grippingly narrated and thoughtfully examined... literate, accessible introduction to Islam, No god but God has established Aslan as the most dynamic voice of liberal Islam in the United States.”
TICKETS: Required. May be purchased in the following ways:
ONLINE: www.nbplfoundation.org
PHONE: 949.548.2411
IN PERSON: Newport Beach Central Library, weekdays, 9am-5pmComment
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Reza Aslan Talks Iran on “The Daily Show”
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Reza Aslan
On Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Aslan's new book is "How to Win a Cosmic War: God, Globalization, and the End of the War on Terror" based on which it seems Osama bin Laden's goal of recreating the globe is as likely as Aslan becoming Angelina Jolie's boy toy
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Hameh daran az abe gelalood mahi migiran...if nothing else it brings you fame and fortune..Comment
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Future of Western Relations with Muslim World
Reza Aslan: Who's in charge in Iran?
FORA TV: Political commentator Reza Aslan argues that while he believes President Obama handled the election protests in Iran "perfectly," the situation in the Islamic Republic has since changed dramatically since that time. Aslan says that political turmoil in Iran goes much deeper than the Green Revolution, and suggests "it's a mistake to think we know who's in charge over there."
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