Would the Saturday Night Seder have featured Josef Goebbels in 1938?
Reza Aslan is a Board member of a lobbying group for the bloodthirsty and genocidally antisemitic Iranian regime; tried to pass off Iran’s genocidally-minded former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as a liberal reformer; called on the U.S. Government to negotiate with Ahmadinejad himself, as well as with the jihad terror group Hamas; praised the jihad terror group Hizballah as “the most dynamic political and social organization in Lebanon”; praised also the anti-Semitic, misogynist, Islamic supremacist Muslim Brotherhood, which is dedicated in its own words, according to a captured internal document, to “eliminating and destroying Western civilization from within”; and has also applauded and called for the forcible shutdown of the free speech of those who hates — a quintessentially thuggish and fascist impulse.
Aslan has on several occasions come out strongly for Hamas. He denies that he is doing so, of course, but in practically the same breath energetically parrots Hamas propaganda about Israel targeting civilians, even claiming, risibly, that there is no evidence that Hamas is using human shields. When he says such things, he can trust that the mainstream media has not reported obvious examples of Hamas’s lies and disinformation, much less the fact that Hamas openly avows that it uses human shields so as to provoke civilian casualties that can be used to demonize Israel. Here is an account of his exchange with Bill Maher — even Maher found Aslan’s cheerleading for Hamas tough to swallow.
Aslan is also notoriously hate-filled and arrogant. He was in the thick of the media savaging of a group of Kentucky high school students were accosted by a Native American activist, 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:
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 is, in fact, a borderline imbecile who frequently states howlingly false errors of fact, but is, never called out for them by his friends in the establishment media. 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.”
But inviting Reza Aslan to participate in a Seder? That’s an even more elementary mistake.
“WATCH: SATURDAY NIGHT SEDER Benefit Featuring Ben Platt, Idina Menzel and More!,” Broadway World, April 11, 2020:
Watch “Saturday Night Seder” a virtual Passover Seder to benefit COVID-19 first responders!
Among the group of singers, actors, comedians, and religious leaders helping to tell the story of Passover through song, comedy, sketches and more are Pamela Adlon, Jason Alexander, Reza Aslan…
This virtual seder is raising funds for the CDC Foundation’s Coronavirus (COVID-19) Emergency Response Fund by encouraging viewers to donate while they watch.
“In a time of confinement and uncertainty, a rag-tag team of Jews and non-Jewish Passover enthusiasts felt it was more important than ever to channel creative energies and gather community,” said head writer Alex Edelman, “we’re thrilled to be reinterpreting the timeless story of liberation and renewal while raising money for those on the front lines enduring – and fighting – an actual plague.”
jca reid says
Aslan is a lying, disgusting, hypocritical individual. He’s faked his so called “academic qualifications” & totally ignores the facts in Islamic Texts that do not suit his narrative. I’m surprised he has not been imprisoned for his traitorous activites.
mortimer says
He did a post-graduate degree in taqiyya.
Boromir's Horn says
Or did he just say he did
gravenimage says
🙂
DHazard says
Assland was once all over CNN and MSNBC as the go-to Muslim “consultant”. But his lies began to pile up and his invites shrunk. He is the most successful stupid person ever. If there was an award for getting famous while being stupid, Reza Aslan would win it, hands down. He was only good at one thing, avoiding the question.
mgoldberg says
my wife was listening and I politely joined her for about 10 min’s. It was a hollywood type notion and I’m so glad I didn’t stay to hear Azlan yammer on. I would have thown up my matza brei in my mouth if I had. It was kitsch and not much. My wife gave up about 15 min’s later. I was troubled by the presenters asking for people to dig into their wallets who would be out of work for a signifcant time, and to give to the CDC. I mean, the CDC has oodles of bucks, and I was wondering why they didn’t campaign for people goind hungry during passover, or maybe protective gear for hospital, police and fire personal, or something like that. Now I am told that Azlan was invited? I guess it’s not very intellectual, but my only thought is …… ‘oh icch’.
Ken Greenberg says
?sactly! Raise money for CDC? They’re printing it and in bed with WHO. Swamp still needs draining. And Hollywood needs at least a good dredging.
b.a. freeman says
” … Hollywood needs at least a good dredging.”
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second that motion, Ken. the best way to do that is to stop watching the drivel they generate, unless somebody else pays for it. i’m not parting with *MY* money to enable those lying fascists to spread more of their bulls**t!
Wellington says
OMG! I’d almost forgotten about this less than nothing but I guess the combination of iniquity and ignorance must never be not remembered. So thanks, Robert Spencer.
mortimer says
Aslan is an example of the Shi’ite love of TAQIYYA … sacred prevarication for the purpose of advancing Islam’s supremacist agenda.
If you first tell yourself quite firmly that ‘ASLAN IS A SUPREMACIST’, then nothing he says after that will be hard to interpret.
Aslan’s agenda is Shi’ite supremacism and Shi’ite hegemony.
He isn’t concerned what lies he might need to accomplish it.
Aslan’s deity is the ‘BEST OF DECEIVERS’.
“ and Allah deceived and Allah is the best deceiver.” (Q. 3:54) (khairu l-makirina)
Henry says
Reza Aslan is the proverbial “tu-d in the party punch bowl”.
gravenimage says
Virtual Seder features Reza Aslan, defender of Hamas and Board member of lobbying group for Islamic Republic of Iran
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More Suicidal insanity.
The organizers were probably patting themselves on the back for being so broadminded…
Jack Holan says
You can’t make this stuff up. It originates from the “Twilight Zone” and “”Outer Limits”!
gravenimage says
Sadly so.
MWerner says
edelman is a selfhating jew and a true traitor as well
gravenimage says
Who?
mortimer says
I cannot believe that there are academic teachers so fanatical and determined to support, conceal and whitewash jihad-terrorism solely because they believe in it. They must be on the payroll of organizations such as the Muslim Brotherhood.
Surely, they don’t believe most of the nonsense they are shovelling. Surely, Aslan doesn’t believe that Hamas and the mullahocracy are producing a better life for people than the USA.
gravenimage says
Depends what you mean by a good life. If like Aslan you consider a “good life” imposing the horrors of Islam, then yes, he does.