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.”
But this week, in the midst of the recent media savaging of a group of Kentucky high school students were accosted by a Native American activist, Reza Aslan called for violence against the student most prominently featured in circulating videos of the incident. When Dinesh D’Souza called him out on it, Aslan doubled down by saying he wanted to assault D’Souza:
Aslan, of course, doesn’t have to worry about getting banned from Twitter any more than does his fellow fascist C.J. Werleman. But Aslan’s tweets show the increasing mainstreaming of violence on the Left. They’re neo-Brownshirts, ready to silence those whom they hate by means of violence, and they’re increasingly open about it. If D’Souza wrote this to Aslan, he would be banned from Twitter and excoriated by Leftists and conservatives alike. But Aslan will continue to be heralded on the increasingly thuggish Left.
This shouldn’t come as any surprise to those who are familiar with Aslan’s 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 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.
Not surprisingly, after a trip to Israel he lied about being threatened by Shin Bet.
Aslan is as stupid as he is evil. 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.”
Manny says
Obviously he understands his Islamic faith. He understands that force is how Islam works anf gets its way.
mortimer says
Manny, I challenge you that Reza Aslan understands Islam well. I think he makes things up to suit his different audiences … he teaches creative writing.
gravenimage says
Mortimer, I think this is more Taqiyya than ignorance from Muslim supremacist Reza Aslan.
In fact, telling different things to different audiences about Islam is a standard tactic of Taqiyya.
Garfield says
Every American needs to know what taquiyya is. Someone should take out a full page ad in the NY Times and inform people of the hideous facts about Islam. A full page ad about the supremacist political ideology that is islam…the destructive joyless death cult that is islam.
J D S says
Again, as I have said many times before….FEAR AND FORCE clearly are the main things that have held Islam together these many centuries…..Islam IS , at war with ALL those who don’t bend to their demands and
in order for that to happen they believe the need to PUNCH someone as this guy does…Pure Stupidity!
WPM says
Stupid is as stupid does ,he gets a pass because he is a mouth piece for Islam. If someone a priest or Rabbi or a elected official who public professes a strong Christian faith threated someone on line violently it would be in the MSM 24/7 for the next month. People of Islamic faith are given a free pass to get angry and threating others with violence even when they take notice of something that does not even insult their faith. The high schoolers were not there to protest Islamic immigration ,their was no interaction between Moslems and these High Schoolers at this event .Why do Moslems have to piggy back on ever “radical group” to get attention ,funding, anti-free speech notices for on line postings because it hurts their feelings?
Lisa Danielle Letto says
It’s little by little that citizens become acclimated to the mistreatment of the other. Azlan now introduces mass concensus for child abuse
DHazard says
Didn’t know CNN fired him, just thought he was finally seen for what he is. Reza is right up there near the top of people who become inexplicably ubiquitous and then vanish. A weird bio, duping and enabled all along the way.
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 a liar.
gravenimage says
Good post, Eduardo.
The claim that the rear of caravans were left unguarded specifically so small clans could guard them is just laughable–when in history has this *ever* happened?
And his lies about little Aisha are even more appalling.
Yet lots of people are–or at least were until recently–eager to swallow this bs.
Then, perversely, in his book “ZEALOT: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth” he tries to portray Christ as a “Palestinian” terrorist. Just disgusting.
mortimer says
+ 1 … Aslan shovels fragrant, farm-fresh fertilizer, but the Leftist gardeners aren’t sure they’ll buy it after it turned out to be of such poor quality last time.
gravenimage says
So true, Mortimer.
gravenimage says
Correction to my post of Jan 21, 2019 at 10:00 pm–I should have written:
“The claim that the rear of caravans were left unguarded specifically so small clans could raid them is just laughable…”
somehistory says
Chickens in a barnyard are usually very tame. This changes if a chick becomes crippled and the other chickens may jump on the cripple and make its life miserable.
This aslan creep sees the group of young people…who were targeted by first one group of so-called “Black Hebrews” protesters, and then the Native American group jumped in to add their insults …and thinks they are like a crippled chick, unable to defend against so many. Against the vulnerable, he is ‘brave’ enough to join in the pecking.
He’s just another moslim thug. A large mouth, a violent character and no brain cells.
gravenimage says
There actually *are* Black Hebrews–the “Falasha” Jews of Ethiopia. I worked with a group instrumental in rescuing them and bringing them to safety in Israel in the late ’70s and early ’80s.
But the “Black Hebrews” referred to here are a wonky fringe group of African-Americans, who–save for a tiny handful who have actually converted to Judaism–have nothing to do with Judaism at all.
Like Black Muslims, they tend to be Black supremacist–but while they are aggressive and annoying, they are seldom outright violent as Black Muslims so often are.
eduardo odraude says
David Wood, fact-checking Reza Aslan:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jLFNtIxFsU
gravenimage says
+1
Vlad says
Come on you loty. Don’t be so harsh on Reza. He might be all of what you claim, like a full blown idiot, a liar, a thief, a canibal (yes it’s true) but he is also a wonderful dancer. Just look at this clip.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgElIwUkjEU
Frank says
Bacha bazi dance moves?
Max says
Reza Aslan knows that he will spend eternity with the devil, so I guess that he is just trying to pacify him.
james reid says
Aslan is a fraud. Says he has “expertise” in Islam, yet denies the basics of it: Anti – Semitism, misogyny, FGM, rape murder & the rest. His proven fake qualifications. All this is, is simply a business – a cash earner. Broadcasting Companies are at last seeing through his shameful act. If he’s that good…… why won’t he debate with Mr. Robert Spencer?
Gary Fouse says
I have seen him speak twice. He is a dope.
tgusa says
Ca you spot the difference between the left in America and a pakistani mob. No? Me either. Identical twins.
gravenimage says
Reza Aslan calls for violence against falsely accused high school student, wants to “punch” Dinesh D’Souza’s face
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Just sickening–who would call for anyone to assault *a high school student*–even if the claims against him were not false? What a thug.
As for his calling Dinesh D’Souza a “felon”, this is true in only the most technical of senses–D’Souza once made more than the allowable donations to a political candidate.
*Hardly* a violent crime, as Aslan was threatening D’Souza with.
CTTV15@Hotmail.com says
This is a perfect example of group think, mob mentality, and collective insanity..
Look at the rest of the people who have gone berserk relating to the fairly well mannered young adults with MAGA hats and sweat shirts? Calling for violence, and even death for these kids and their families..?
…Kathy Griffin – Bill Crystal – and all the Hollywood and political crazies..
What is this? A segment from “Lord of the Flies”??
Have you seen the video of the so-called adults, and animals, berating the children verbally, and threatening them, right from the beginning of this manufactured mayhem, while the kids remained remarkably calm throughout?
I blame the entire Obama and Clinton regimes for ushering in this culture of the counterculture, and vigilante style societal dysfunction..
THIS IS DANGEROUS!
Terry Gain says
I blame the Left which controls academia and the media.
CogitoErgoSum says
Well, there goes another myth about the noble native American. I thought courage was admired by the American Indians and in the video I see a brave young man standing his ground while a much older man who looks like he needs psychiatric help pounds on a drum a few inches away from the young man’s face. Is that some kind of Indian religious ceremony or what? The boys in the crowd seem puzzled by it as well and can’t decide whether or not to take it seriously. It would have helped if the old man would have introduced himself and then explained what he was going to do and why. Didn’t see him doing any of that in the video clip though.
Terry Gain says
When a person misbehaves it is unfair to blame everyone who shares that person’s characteristics. One Native American behaved in a reprehensible manner. It is unfair to claim he represents all or other natives.
CogitoErgoSum says
True. I just didn’t see much nobility in the way the old guy was acting. It seems to me he’s a liar too when I compare what I see on longer versions of the video with what he was telling the media. But then the media are liars too — although as you say it would be unfair for me to say that all news reporters are liars.
somehistory says
g,
For one of my first research papers into groups that create terror and mayhem, I read a lot about the Black Hebrews. They started as a group claiming to be the “lost tribe of Israel.” According to all of the information I read, they are actually anti-Israel.
This group of four Blacks was harassing the students and calling them names and racial slurs, esp targeting the Black students in the school group. The male student that has been shown close to the Native American guy, said they seemed to be trying to start trouble, trying to make the students respond with violence. And the “elder” of the Native American group seemed to be of the same mind.
gravenimage says
All true, Somehistory.
Terry Gain says
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.”
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So he is a member of the ignoranti who doesn’t know the difference between the plural and the possessive. I’m not surprised. I bet he also doesn’t know that the past tense of lead is led, not lead and when to use fewer rather than less.
mortimer says
Reza Aslan understands that VIGILANTISM is prescribed by Mohammed who told his followers to take the law into their own hands in the matter of ENFORCING SHARIA LAW.
Nonie Darwish alerted Western people who were listening to her about this very vigilantism … which she grew up with in Egypt. She reported how quite often bodies would float down the Nile and no one would say anything. It was part of Islam.
Dapto says
Has he been charged for inciting murder yet ?
David B. says
Why do the weakest and most physically pathetic lefties always resort to violence? Mind you never by themselves, only in large groups like a pack of dogs or in a text or tweet? When you approach them individually and confront them they run and hide like little boys avoiding punishment from a parent.
obbop says
A Moslem wants to attack a high school kid? Id the threat is more than mere bluster that idiot better beware a traditional American father who would battle Satan himself to protect his kid. If the lad’s dad removed the threat and I was on his jury ” Not guilty” could be the only vote I give resulting in a mistrial. Juror nullification could save the dad from attack by our perverted legal system that allows rampaging Moslem filth to get away with far too much inside the USA.
Larry says
I’m pretty sure Dinesh is a CCW holder. Might want to rethink attacking him.
FYI says
In FACT…
…. it was the Native American who approached the Students and waded into them playing his Drum,not the students who invaded his space;And it’s not a crime to Smirk.Before that Black Hebrew activists were taunting the Students..
The MSM has not told the truth!
They omitted to tell the public that..
1 Mr Phillips waded into the Schools students{Who asked him to?}
2 Black Hebrew Activists,before that, were insulting the students saying..
“This is a bunch of future school shooters”:WHY NO MENTION OF THAT?
Did the BHA seriously think that insulting White High School students was a smart thing to do?
It looks from the footage as if the Vietnam War is being disrespected by a smug student but in fact it was the Native American who was the one who waded into the School students!
If you walked into a bunch of students,unasked,playing the bagpipes,the response most likely would be the same.
It looks awful at first sight until you realize the TRUTH about the situation{see 1,2 above}
So the virtue-signalling Leftard MSM put a spin on this:they were Catholics,wearing MAGA caps,supporters of Trump etc
High School kids are High School Kids:Has the MSM never seen School kids?
Get a couple of guys together and inevitably they start wrestling and messing about…
I know:I went to High School…
I saw punchups,fights,larking about,cruel student pranks.. as you would expect from a bunch a lads.
I also saw a pupil punched in the face and chairs thrown out the window:and that was just the ..teachers…
Ecosse1314 says
In fact in Scotland the definition of a gentleman is “a man who knows how to play the bagpipes…..but doesn’t”
FYI says
The fact is that I respect Native Americans and War Vets but imagine if you were in a group of your buddies and some guy you don’t know comes and stands right in front of you banging a drum in your face:I’d find it hard to avoid laughing..Who is this Guy?Why is he standing 1 foot in front of me banging a drum in my face?
The whole story changes when it is seen that the native American man walked into the middle of the group of students uninvited..
CogitoErgoSum says
This man is a proven liar. I would not be surprised if he was also found to be lying about being a Vietnam war veteran. From what I have been able to determine he was born February 22, 1955 which would make him 18 in 1973. Most of the ground fighting had been handed off to the South Vietnamese by mid-1972 and the few Marines remaining in Vietnam after that were serving in advisory positions — and that ended in March 1973. So even if this guy entered the Marines on his 18th birthday he would have still been in basic training by the time the last Marine advisors left Vietnam. Now maybe he could have been one of the Marines guarding the U.S. embassy when the war ended in 1975 but he has never mentioned it —- simply saying he was a “recon ranger” which I don’t think is or ever was a real position in the Marines.
CogitoErgoSum says
Of course, I should add that my comment above depends upon the date of birth being correct and there is also the possibility that he entered the Marines before 1973 —- perhaps by lying about his age.
Although this story angers me I hope this man really is a Vietnam War veteran because I think he may have actually meant well but has some mental problems and he very likely was manipulated and used by people behind the scenes. I hope he gets the help he needs.
FYI says
@Cogito
Something that the Media chose not to consider..
That young man in the video seen SMIRKING?
He didn’t say or do anything offensive:he just SMIRKED,quite possibly because he was BEMUSED by the absurdity of the situation where an Indian invades his personal space ,stands right in front of him,banging his drum.I probably would have laughed myself:not out of disrespect for Native Americans or Vietnam Vets{an Alaskan relative of mine is a genuine one..}but at the SHEER ABSURDITY of it.Who is this guy,this complete stranger banging his drum right in front of my face?
The MSM have chosen to create FAKE news making it out to be a case that a White Catholic Trump Supporter was sneering and disrespecting an American Indian war vet:but that is a FALSE assumption!
How would that Indian feel if he was in the private company of his fellow Indians at a ceremony when all of a sudden a White guy comes out of nowhere ,wearing shorts,face paint and a bonnet walks up and stands in front of him ,goes “woo-woo-woo-woo” and starts.. playing the Bongos.I’ll bet the Indians would laugh,I’ll bet they would be bemused and even…SMIRK.
{Once I went into an EMPTY McDonalds,moved up stairs:all the places where empty so I picked one and sat down.A guy comes in,a complete stranger and sits right opposite me despite the fact that all the other tables were empty.Why?Who is this guy?What about all the other EMPTY tables?Why pick this one?I’m eating my burger in silence and this complete stranger,in an empty restaurant,has chosen to sit right opposite me 1 foot in front of me and eat his burger?Who does that?How weird is that?I was bemused at it all…I smirked….}
A smirk can be simply a sign of bemusement at the absurdity of being in a weird situation like an Indian banging his drum right in front of your face.Who invited him to do that?to imagine smirking must have some sinister meaning is ludicrous.
CogitoErgoSum says
FYI, yes, when I wonder about what I wold have done when this guy starts banging a drum in my face, I don’t know what my reaction might have been —- especially if I remember correctly how I was when I was only 16 or 17. The old man should have said something friendly to the boy but his mind seemed elsewhere. The boy’s smile was his way of communicating that he was trying to be friendly and I think I probably would have done the same —- plus, if it were me I don’t think I would have wanted my classmates to think I was a coward by running away from the old man. So I would have just stood there and smiled hoping all the time that this old man is just crazy in a harmless way.
Frank says
Isn’t it typical that Reza wants to punch D’Souza thinking he’s a soft target? Why doesn’t he threaten a Navy SEAL? Because, like his co-religionists who pick on elderly women, he’s a panty-waist.
Henry Mansfield says
I took an Internet quiz not long ago, it plotted a person’s politics on a graph. I answered truthfully and my result showed that I am a centrist, at least so far as philosophy.
As with my boyhood understanding of Islam, contact with the political Left is an education. Prior to 9-11-01 I had thought Islam a hideous chapter in history. After 9-11 I enlisted in the US Army and chose a fighting MOS, and after the first few briefings I became aware of just how sanitized my education on Islam had been.
When Andrew Breitbart and David Horowitz began pulling back the curtain on the Left I was shocked again. While I don’t feel a need to become more right-wing just to differentiate myself I have no problem letting people know when they are their own worst advertisement. This is one of those cases.