‘Stop Hate, Dump Trump’: Celebrities and Activists Join Campaign Against Donald Trump

Staff / Truthdig Jan 22, 2016 Michael Moore, Kerry Washington, Noam Chomsky, Connie Britton, Rosanna Arquette, Reza Aslan, Ani DiFranco, Danny Glover and the playwright Eve Ensler are among the prominent public figures who have pledged to “speak out in every way possible” to prevent Trump from becoming the next president of the United States. Dig deeper

The Rise of the New, Liberal Islamophobia

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig Oct 10, 2014 The recent television kerfuffle involving "Real Time" host Bill Maher and guest Sam Harris over whether Muslims are bad people because their religion is, in the words of Harris, "the mother lode of bad ideas," is symbolic of the new American Islamophobia. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Ben Affleck Calls Out Bill Maher and Sam Harris on Their Islamaphobia: ‘It’s Gross and Racist’

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Oct 4, 2014 Just days after religious scholar Reza Aslan criticized him on CNN for his views on Islam, comedian Bill Maher decided to defend them, this time with actor Ben Affleck. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Reza Aslan Responds to CNN and Bill Maher on Islam

Donald Kaufman / Truthdig Oct 3, 2014 In a CNN interview Monday, religious scholar Reza Aslan slammed comedian Bill Maher and CNN anchors Don Lemon and Alisyn Camerota over what he considers their simplifications and mischaracterizations of Islam. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Reza Aslan Finally Gets to Talk About His Book (Transcript Added)

Staff / Truthdig Aug 2, 2013 This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: He survived Fox News. Now the religions scholar discusses his new book, at last. Also: More revelations about the NSA, Bradley Manning's sentencing, and Oregon's alternative to student loans. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Who Owns Jesus?

Tasbeeh Herwees / Truthdig Aug 1, 2013 What’s really revealing about Lauren Green’s infamous Fox News interview with religion scholar Reza Aslan is what it exposed about how Jesus exists in the popular Christian imagination Green overlooked the fact that Jesus appears in Islamic theology as one of the great prophets of God, one of the few prophets mentioned by name in the Quran. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Obama Defends Summers, Franken Plans NSA Transparency Bill, and More

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Aug 1, 2013 A look at the day's political happenings, including Anthony Weiner's wife is reportedly taking a break from her job as Hillary Clinton's top aide and North Carolina's governor makes an insulting offer to protesters demonstrating against the state's recently signed-into-law abortion bill. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Fox News Under Fire for ‘Embarrassing’ Interview With Reza Aslan

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Jul 29, 2013 The religious scholar went on FoxNews.com's online program "Spirited Debate" on Friday to promote his new book, "Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth." Right off the bat, host Lauren Green set the tone for the interview when she asked Aslan: “You’re a Muslim, so why did you write a book about the founder of Christianity?” Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Out of Protest, a Revolution

Staff / Truthdig Jun 25, 2009 Writer and religious scholar Reza Aslan joins Jon Stewart to discuss what he sees as a major shift in Iran: What once was a battle over fraudulent election results has become a revolution over the future of the Islamic Republic. Check out the interview on Wednesday night's "Daily Show." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )