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we have res I was on obviously on today %ah
he was on Fox if you haven't watched or heard this
it's impossible fully though just the so we have a clipper that we're gonna play
it was on Fox News
fox's dot com I think that their religion anchor
are talking about his book I and I we have sound
sorts let's go play that or
rest as line was a question but converted back to the faith of his
forefathers
Islam movie has not written a book about Jesus the book has become controversial
as it calls into question some other core tenets up Christianity
at the book is called a zealot the life and times of Jesus a mouse rip and
residents wait
now from los angeles welcome thank you for having me
well this is an interesting book now I want think where you're a muslim
so why did you write a book about the founder of Christianity that's it
terrible opening question I they cite said already you can see
or off to the races
well to be clear I am a scholar religions with
four degrees including one in the New Testament and fluency in biblical Greek
who has been studying the origins of Christianity yeah
a few decades who also just happens to be a Muslim
so it's not just happens you know oh yeah
I don't think you ever just poppin to be a Muslim
okay there Raza I sec his neck
I that I'm just some Muslim writing about Jesus
I am in expert with a PhD in the history of religions
a but I've been obsessed with Jesus
it still begs the question why would you be interested in the founder of
Christianity
a I O N is ever interested in
anything but exactly what they are mean no one no never searches you know
is the religion I'm part of the 1i want to be a part of even know whenever you
know it switches religions are no one ever
you know tries anything new it's still begs the question:
if you you are a sports journalist
who got their start covering basketball on to write a book about tennis
yes why something Muslim
is up was he playing us
because it's my job as an academic I am a professor
of religion including the New Testament
I that's what I do for a living actually
so I mean it it would be like asking a question why they would write a book
about a you know the Islam I me and I'm not sure about that but in enormously
I've been obsessed with Jesus for really twenty years I've been studying
his life in his work in the origins of Christianity
both in an academic environment hand and a personal level for about two decades
and
just to be clear this is not some attack on Christianity my mother is a Christian
my wife
is a Christian my brother-in-law is an evangelical haha percent
she she could say well Raza one distinction these
you're going to hell for following a false terrorists God
I'm going to have in we have a little bit more leeway in what we write about
but anyways keep people in the clip star anyone who thinks that this book is an
attack on Christianity
has not read it yet I won't but i wanna worry just some quotes on
from love some people who are criticizing you want from John Dickerson
who has
written a op-ed piece
on Fox was not common he says some it's not a historian's report on Jesus is an
educated Muslims opinion about Jesus he says its conclusions our long-held
islamic claims namely that Jesus was a sales profit
type who did it didn't claim to be got
I that well that's actually not
what Islam claims about Jesus my my a book about
Jesus overturns out pretty much everything that this long also thinks
about
Jesus as well and to I think that point ways
incredibly importing I'm great you brought that up and
I don't think she knew what the hell he was talking about she knew
nothing and that goes on for literally nine minutes we have some more that
clear I just want to emphasize is one more time
I am a historian I am a PhD
in the history of religion summer this isn't a Muslim
opinion this is an academic work
I love history not about the Christ
or about Christianity for that matter it's about a historical man who walked
the earth
two thousand years ago in a land that the Romans called palestine
mutt but I guess the I palestine you say
whom he is the question I'm yep how science use of words there
guess I'm wondering is are you a months-long
I am have so why did you write this book from
is there any more live anymore we will aren't we
are edited clip is done but you really do you know a lot of a reading this
it's almost 10 minutes long it gets even better I guess even better and at one
point
there to other like at one point she reasoned email saying
this book is a joke this is like democrats writing
a democrat writing a book about reagan andressa
the Sun Goes yes it would be if the democrat
had a PhD in it spent 20 years study a PhD in reagan was the phrase he is
its but twenty years studying reagan and I I thought it was masterful that the
alarm bells one of those
on my god now it's like that the next right-wing pet project is
PHD's in Raygun so I've terrified I love that they think that
only a Republican keenan reich even if this guide is democrat didn't study
reagan for twenty years
why can't someone write about hacker Reagan who is
some right white people in christian people can write books
a doubt moslems black people lesbians than anybody
and Muslim Mocs probably didn't study
any other subjects for anything close to 20 I think maybe Dave listening because
when you get a little Riley
occupied house sorta know they're talking about right now
know it's really unbelievable an accident at one point she also gets into
this whole like
you have an office now being a Muslim and anybody who knows res of lines were
keys or has three portfolios is a religion scholar
he's a Muslim public intellectual on foreign policy analyst so
what are the prime identities that res ass line has had in public
is as a boss loan but even if you don't know who res S line is which completely
fine
it's not really fine yeah in this second page up his book
and the spec he says are Muslim a muscle
so it's like i said im a Muslim pretty much
mean every other toe right not what what what makes him probably even more
it with all over his is studying and has worked on Jesus and Christianity
and religion in general what makes even more
able to write this book I think is the fact that he was a Christian
and converted to Islam which means he had to have studied
both tremendously before making it very
important decision to convert and he follows it as a scholar but I but again
the
the real big takeaway here is that this is
interracial in I love Islamophobic rhetoric and Islamophobic at it is that
our example fight on the extreme and
by lynne cheney frank gaffney all these insane York on people
and you know look Bill Maher would have res I was light on a given a great
interview
blight you know watch summer things he says in a show
about Muslims as a blanket statement are so it's its itself really big problem
and this is are the tip so
anyways what settle video and the buyer is is booked