Reza Aslan - Articles

Youth Divided on Conflict with Palestine: Published August 22, 2009 on Scoop44.com by Tom Risen
Viewpoint: Reza Aslan: The Spirit of '79: By Reza Aslan Friday, Jun. 19, 2009
The End of the Beginning: What will be the legacy of the Green Revolution?: By Trita Parsi, Reza Aslan; June 26, 2009
Losing the War on Terror: Published April 8, 2009 in The LA Times.
By dropping the controversial phrase, the U.S. may be redefining the contest with radical Islam.
An Israeli Strike on Iran, a Plan That Just Doesn't Fly: Published August 10, 2008 in The Washington Post.
A Radical Turnout in Pakistan: Published February 21, 2008 in Christian Science Monitor.
Holy Orders: Published in the January/February 2008 issue of Foreign Policy Magazine.
Why Do They Hate Us?: Published August 6, 2007 on Slate Magazine.
Strange answers lie in al-Qaida's writings.
State Belief: Published July 26, 2007 in Time Magazine.
"There is that word: Islamist. It is a word that, lately, gets tossed around almost as frequently as terrorist and is equally inflammatory and imprecise."
American Islam: Published January, 2007 on Slate Magazine.
Will Islamic radicalism gain a foothold in America? A Conversation With Daniel Benjamin about Muslims in America.
Truth and Power: Published December 24, 2006 in The Boston Globe.
For many Muslims today, 'interreligious dialogue' often looks suspiciously like religious coercion.
America and Iran Can Find Common Ground: Published December 14, 2006 in The Chicago Tribune.
Keep It Whole: Published November 28, 2006 in The New Republic.
The US must not allow Iraq to fracture into Sunni, Shia and Kurdish statelets.
The Battle of the Fatwas: Published November 2005 in The Los Angeles Times.
The War for Islam: Published September 10, 2006 in The Boston Globe.
Osama bin Laden may go down in history not only as the murderous criminal who declared holy war on the United States, but also as a radical figure in what has come to be called the Islamic Reformation--the epic struggle to define the faith of over a billion people
Hezbollah is Nobody's Puppet: Published July 25, 2006 in The Los Angeles Times.
If the Bush administration thinks this is a proxy war, it's making a tragic mistake.
A Giant Awakes: Published June 3, 2006 in The Gaurdian.
The major powers yesterday ruled out military action against Iran, but in truth it has never been an option against the Middle East's most influential force.
Depicting Mohammed: Posted Wednesday, February 8, 2006 on Slate Magazine.
Why I'm Offended by the Danish Cartoons of the Prophet
A Coming Islamic Reformation: Published January 28, 2006 in The Los Angeles Times
A Cult is Trying to Hijack Our Iran Policy: Published December 10, 2004 in The Los Angeles Times
Islam's Democratic Past: Published December 2005 in The Los Angeles Times
Iraq's Miracle Constitution: Published October 2005 in The Los Angeles Times
For Iranians, It Was the Economy, Stupid: Published July 2005 in The Los Angeles Times
Syria's Baathists Fear Evolution and Extinction: Published June 17, 2005 in The Los Angeles Times
A Democracy of Believers: Published June, 2005 in Prospect Magazine.
Iraq should look to Israel for a model that combines democracy and religious belief.
Aunt Kobra's Islamic Democracy: Published April 17, 2005 in the Boston Globe.
In Iran, as throughout in the Muslim world, the personal is political, and religion is always both.
Diary of a Writer in Tehran: Posted September, 2004 on Slate Magazine. A weeklong electronic journal kept by Reza Aslan.
End of Days: Posted August 13, 2004 on Slate Magazine.
The Mission of Al-Sadr's Army of the Mahdi.
In the Footsteps of Martyrs: Posted February, 2004 on Slate Magazine.
A religious procession expresses more than historical frustrations.
Resurrecting an Ancient Library: Published September, 2002 in Poets and Writers.
The rebirth of the Biblioteca Alexandria.