Scapegoats pdf

Reza Aslan ( persa : رضا اصلان , nacido el 3 de mayo de 1972) es un académico iraní-estadounidense de sociología de la religión, escritor y presentador de televisión. Convertido al cristianismo evangélico del Islam chiíta cuando era joven, Aslan finalmente volvió al Islam pero continuó escribiendo sobre el cristianismo. Ha escrito cuatro libros sobre religión: 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 Historia humana.
Aslan ha trabajado para la televisión, incluida una serie documental que explora las religiones del mundo en CNN llamada Believer, y se desempeñó como productor ejecutivo en la serie dramática de HBO The Leftovers. Aslan es miembro de la Academia Estadounidense de Religión y de la Asociación Internacional de Estudios Coránicos. Es profesor de escritura creativa en la Universidad de California, Riverside y miembro de la junta del Consejo Nacional Iraní Estadounidense (NIAC).

Scapegoats pdf por Reza Aslan

Scapegoats: How Islamophobia Helps Our Enemies and Threatens Our Freedoms

When a murderous psychopath goes on a killing spree, law enforcement officials and the media never make his religion the central issue unless he happens to be a Muslim. Then it sets off another frenzied wave of commentary about the inherent evils that lurk within the Muslim faith. From Fox News talking heads, who regularly smear Muslim leaders as secret terrorists, to Bill Maher, who has made Islam a routine target, it has become widely acceptable to libel a religion with a following of over 1.5 billion people nearly one-quarter of the world’s population. Now popular commentator Arsalan Iftikhar better known as “The Muslim Guy” offers a spirited defense of his faith that is certain to win him wide acclaim and yes, another round of overheated scolding from the usual media quarters.
Iftikahr’s spirited defense of his faith is certain to hit a chord during the 2016 campaign season, as politicians and pundits vie to be the toughest on the block when it comes to escalating the hostilities in the Middle East, often demonizing Islam in the process. With his witty and levelheaded demeanor, the author will cut through all the sound and fury as a voice of sanity and reason.
"June 2015 front-page article in New York Times noted that since
9/11 more than twice as many Americans have been killed in acts of
domestic terrorism by “white supremacists” than by Islamic extremists.According to the FBI, more Americans will die because of “faulty furniture” than at the hands of Islamic terrorists. slamophobia, that it is merely a means of warding off legitimate criticism of
Islam."