Reza Aslan Quotes About War

• A cosmic war is like a ritual drama in which participants act out on Earth a battle they believe is actually taking place in the heavens.

  Reza Aslan

  War, Drama, Believe

  Reza Aslan (2010). “Beyond Fundamentalism: Confronting Religious Extremism in the Age of Globalization”, p.5, Random House

• But perhaps the most important innovation in the doctrine of jihad was its outright prohibition of all but strictly defensive wars. “Fight in the way of God those who fight you,” the Quran says, “but do not begin hostilities; God does not like the aggressor” (2:190). Elsewhere the Quran is more explicit: “Permission to fight is given only to those who have been oppressed ... who have been driven from their homes for saying, 'God is our Lord' ” (22:39; emphasis added).

  Reza Aslan

  Guerra, Hogar, Lucha

  Reza Aslan (2008). “No God But God: The Origins, Evolution and Future of Islam”, p.84, Random House

• The best way to constrain Iran's potential movement towards nuclear capability is to have peace in the Middle East, peace between the Israeli and the Palestinians. To end the official war that still exists between Israel and Syria, Israel and Lebanon.

  Reza Aslan

  War, Syria, Palestinian

  Fuente: www.thedailybeast.com

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