Quotessence
Home / Authors / Reza Aslan
Reza Aslan

Reza Aslan Quotes

Writer

Filter quotes by topic

AllJesusPeopleIslamIfsWayCountryThinkingBibleTrumpWorldIranReligiousWantBelieveIslamicKindMeanPresidentReligionShould

Famous Reza Aslan Quotes

“The people on the streets of Egypt and Tunisia and Libya and Syria and Iran have done more to defeat the ideology of Al Qaeda than anything that the United States has done. They have shown that there is a third way, that with peaceful protest you can have an end to dictatorship and a role for human dignity, a role for your religious faith in society.”

PeopleWayHumansEndsStatesDoneReligiousUnitedRolesUnited StatesStreetsDignityThirdsDefeatPeacefulIdeologyProtestIranAlsDictatorshipSyriaEgyptReligious FaithAl QaedaHuman DignityLibyaPeaceful ProtestTunisia
Author:Reza Aslan
Create image

“In times of economic distress, it's only natural for people - and Americans have done this for many years - to look for a scapegoat. Depending on where you live in this country, the scapegoats are either, frankly, Mexicans or Muslims. So, you know, God save you if you happened to be a Mexican Muslim in America right now.”

PeopleIfsKnowsYearsLooksCountryDoneAmericaNaturalHappenedEconomicRight NowDistressMexicanKnowing GodScapegoatWhere You Live
Author:Reza Aslan
Create image

“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?”

PeopleWantGivingFallJesusSidesPoorPartyBreakRichClearMinutesRepublicanTaxesArgumentWeakDemocratNotionRich PeopleTax Breaks
Author:Reza Aslan
Create image

“Many of the prophets of Jesus's time were thought to just be mad men, just sort of crazy people who were claiming to channel the divine. Perhaps that means we should be a little less judgmental of some of our own crazies talking about God on the corner. They might actually have found a pretty comfortable place in Jesus's time.”

PeopleMenShouldMeanLittlesMightFoundJesusTalkingCrazyDivineComfortableMadCornersProphetJudgmentalCrazy PeopleMad Men
Author:Reza Aslan
Create image