Reza Aslan Quotes
Whether or not you believe that after three days of being dead and entombed, Jesus got up and walked out of his own accord, what you cannot argue about is the fervent belief of the followers that this happened.
Aslan, Reza. Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth. Random House, 2013.
The Emperor, who had persecuted many Christians by blinding them was himself going blind from an eye disease. He sought pardon from the Christians and their God. This statement he gave before the Christian bishops.
Reza Aslan is an Iranian-American scholar of religious studies, writer, and television host. A convert to evangelical Christianity from Shia Islam as a youth, Aslan eventually reverted to Islam but continued to write about Christianity. He has written four books on religion: No God but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam, Beyond Fundamentalism: Confronting Religious Extremism in the Age of Globalization, Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth and God: A Human History.