Cannibal Reza Aslan has somewhat faded from the public eye since he was fired by CNN and exhorted readers in his last book to take the advice of the oldest and most celebrated self-improvement coach, Satan: “take a lesson from Adam and Eve and eat the forbidden fruit. Do not fear God. You are God.”
So in what appears to be an attempt to get back into the headlines, this newly minted Satanist is now claiming that he was subjected to a lengthy interrogation and threatened by Israeli border officials. Horror of horrors! Those big bad Israelis harassing a supporter of the “Palestinians”! More “Islamophobia,” right? — since despite Aslan’s forays into cannibalism and Satanism, he is still ostensibly a Muslim.
There’s just one problem: he’s lying.
That shouldn’t come as any surprise to those who are familiar with Aslan’s rather rancid public career. That this sinister jihad enabler was ever given a mainstream platform is a dispiriting sign of the times. His show on CNN was devoted to showing other religions as violent and hateful, and Islam as benign and peaceful. Also, Aslan is a Board member of the National Iranian American Council (NIAC). NIAC has been established in court as a lobbying group for the Islamic Republic of Iran. Said Michael Rubin: “Jamal Abdi, NIAC’s policy director, now appears to push aside any pretense that NIAC is something other than Iran’s lobby. Speaking at the forthcoming ‘Expose AIPAC’ conference, Abdi is featured on the ‘Training: Constituent Lobbying for Iran’ panel. Oops.” Iranian freedom activist Hassan Daioleslam “documented over a two-year period that NIAC is a front group lobbying on behalf of the Iranian regime.” NIAC had to pay him nearly $200,000 in legal fees after they sued him for defamation over his accusation that they were a front group for the mullahs, and lost. Yet Aslan remains on their Board.
Meanwhile, despite his increasingly obvious Islamic heterodoxy, Aslan remains popular with Muslim Brotherhood-linked groups in the U.S.: he has also spoken at events sponsored by the Muslim Students Association, a Brotherhood group, as well as at an at an event co-sponsored by the Los Angeles chapter of the Hamas-linked Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). Doubtless they recognize that he shares their overall agenda.
It’s also worth noting that despite being hailed as a great intellect, Aslan isn’t actually very bright. He has made the ridiculous claim that the idea of resurrection “simply doesn’t exist in Judaism,” despite numerous passages to the contrary in the Hebrew Scriptures. He has also referred to “the reincarnation, which Christianity talks about” — although he later claimed that one was a “typo.” In yet another howler he later insisted was a “typo,” he claimed that the Biblical story of Noah was barely four verses long — which he then corrected to forty, but that was wrong again, as it is 89 verses long. Aslan claimed that the “founding philosophy of the Jesuits” was “the preferential option for the poor,” when in reality, that phrase wasn’t even coined until 1968. He called Turkey the second most populous Muslim country, when it is actually the eighth most populous Muslim country. He thinks Pope Pius XI, who issued the anti-fascist encyclical Mit Brennender Sorge, was a fascist. He thinks Marx and Freud “gave birth to the Enlightenment,” when it ended in the late 18th century, before either of them were born. He claims that “the very first thing that Muhammad did was outlaw slavery,” when in fact Muhammad bought slaves, took female captives as sex slaves, and owned slaves until his death. He thinks Ethiopia and Eritrea are in Central Africa.
A “renowned religious scholar” such as Reza Aslan should not make such elementary mistakes. But this is, of course, the man who writes “than” for “then”; apparently thinks the Latin word “et” is an abbreviation; and writes “clown’s” for “clowns.”
“Shin Bet: U.S. author Reza Aslan was questioned, not threatened, at border,” by Jeremy Sharon, Jerusalem Post, August 15, 2018:
The Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) has admitted to interrogating prominent US author and scholar Reza Aslan at the Israel-Jordan border two weeks ago, but denied that he was threatened in any way or asked about his political opinions.
Aslan said on Tuesday that he had been interrogated by the Shin Bet for an extended period of time, that the Shin Bet agent threatened that he might not see his children for a long time, and that he was asked political questions and told to name Palestinians and journalists he associates with.
The Shin Bet said that Aslan, who they noted was born in Iran, was interrogated “after his behavior aroused suspicion,” although it did not specify what exactly he had done to arouse these suspicions.
“At the end of a brief interrogation Mr. Aslan was released after the suspicion was lifted,” the Shin Bet said in its response.
“The claims made about threats against Mr. Aslan and the claims about political questions were thoroughly examined by the Shin Bet, and it was found that they are totally without foundation and have no basis to reality,” the agency insisted….
jihad3tracker says
Reza Aslan said “Farewell !” to his balls 5 years ago when he began a pathetic gay insult charade in Robert’s lap. Search “Reza dances for peace” for a hilarious example of his poofy-poof personality. By the way — Reza obsessively tracks all Jihad Watch posts, so join me greeting him again for another episode of “Muslim sissies who are not smart enough to see how obvious their sex preference is”.
StellaSaidSo says
Very little of what Reza Aslan says has any basis in reality.
Lydia Church says
The devil would say that… !
gravenimage says
Reza Aslan claims Israeli officials threatened him, but Shin Bet says Aslan’s claims “have no basis to reality”
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Another lying Muslim…
Kasey says
Always in taqiyya mode!
Sam says
This Aslan is a strange character. First, he changes from Islam to Christianity and then back. Now, he is an apologist for the Sunni’s as well… does he not know that Shia’s hate Sunnis and vis versa? This brings us to the next empirical fact: there is money in all that he stands for now. Being an apologist for the Iranian government has obvious benefits, least of which is to be persecuted as his brothers and sisters back home. His ethics, if there is any should be congruent with his scholarly acumen if there is any. Religious scholars have a certain entente with others’ viewpoints; this does not seem to be the case with Aslan. This brings me back to the point of his adulterated scholarship, why Aslan do you not serve a greater purpose in life…
gravenimage says
I don’t believe he was ever really a Christian.
IQ al Rassooli says
As Robert has been pointing out on numerous occasions that Reza Aslan is like his mentor Muhammad (and ever single Muslim on the planet) a Pathological Liar hence his accusations are as usual baseless
Israel should NEVER allow a VERMIN like him to infect her land
IQ al Rassooli
Kafir & Proud!
George says
Never trust a cannibal
gravenimage says
+1
eduardo odraude says
How Reza Aslan whitewashes Muhammad’s caravan raids
First, notice how Aslan, on pages 82 and 83 of his book No god but God, makes Muhammad’s caravan raids look bloodless:
Why does Reza Aslan make no mention of what core Islamic texts say about those raids, for example, what is said on page 287 (425 in the Arabic) of the earliest Muslim biography of Muhammad:
https://archive.org/stream/TheLifeOfMohammedGuillaume/The_Life_Of_Mohammed_Guillaume#page/n167/mode/1up
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How Reza Aslan misleads about Muhammad’s marriage to 9-year-old Aisha
Notice how Aslan, on pages 64 and 65 of his book No god but God claims that Muhammad did not consummate his marriage to Aisha when she was 9:
Why doesn’t Aslan mention what the core Islamic texts tell us?
From Sahih al-Bukhari, the most canonical hadith collection:
Sahih al-Bukhari, Book 62, Number 64:
https://muflihun.com/bukhari/62/64
Sahih al-Bukhari, Book 62, Number 65:
https://muflihun.com/bukhari/62/65
Sahih al-Bukhari, Book 62, Number 88:
https://muflihun.com/bukhari/62/88
Sahih al-Bukhari, Book 58, Number 236:
https://muflihun.com/bukhari/58/236
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Many other core Islamic texts could be quoted in a similar vein.
It should be noted that Aisha was nine lunar years old. Since a lunar year is about 355 days, Aisha may actually have been eight.
Reza Aslan is untrustworthy, at best.
eduardo odraude says
David Wood on Reza Aslan:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-bfNnZ72lA
TWG says
I wonder……
Is Asslan vomiting out his taqiyya? OR is he just another “useful” bone-headed idiot, vomiting out what he’s been coached by his handlers to vomit out?
Probably both. Ignorant AND a Liar.
Richard says
“Aslan, the cannibal” – I’m still laughing at that one as I type. The demise of Reza’s career is delightful. I hope that Ibrahim Hooper’s next, followed by Mehdi “non-muslims live there lives as cattle” Hasan.