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"You're a Muslim, so why did you write a book about the founder of Christianity?"
-- Fox News' Lauren Green to religious scholar Reza Aslan
"Well, to be clear, I am a scholar of religions with four degrees, including one in the New Testament, and fluency in biblical Greek, who has been studying the origins of Christianity for two decades, who also just happens to be a Muslim. It's not that I'm just some Muslim writing about Jesus. I am an expert with a Ph.D. in the history of religions."
-- Aslan
"It still begs the question. Why would you be interested in the founder of Christianity?"
-- Green
Ignoring the fact that it's Fox News, I guess a lot of people don't know that Islam is built upon both the Old and New Testament and believe that Jesus was a prophet, culminating in Mohammed being the last prophet. Or at least the last until The Last, it gets a little weird with some guy living in a cave for 1400 years.
-- Fox News' Lauren Green to religious scholar Reza Aslan
"Well, to be clear, I am a scholar of religions with four degrees, including one in the New Testament, and fluency in biblical Greek, who has been studying the origins of Christianity for two decades, who also just happens to be a Muslim. It's not that I'm just some Muslim writing about Jesus. I am an expert with a Ph.D. in the history of religions."
-- Aslan
"It still begs the question. Why would you be interested in the founder of Christianity?"
-- Green
Ignoring the fact that it's Fox News, I guess a lot of people don't know that Islam is built upon both the Old and New Testament and believe that Jesus was a prophet, culminating in Mohammed being the last prophet. Or at least the last until The Last, it gets a little weird with some guy living in a cave for 1400 years.
