{"id":5855,"date":"2008-04-01T01:06:36","date_gmt":"2008-04-01T08:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=5855"},"modified":"2008-04-03T03:27:33","modified_gmt":"2008-04-03T10:27:33","slug":"video-exclusive-a-far-reaching-discussion-with-islamic-scholar-reza-aslan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=5855","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO EXCLUSIVE: A Far Reaching Discussion With Islamic Scholar Reza Aslan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Guest Blogged by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hotpotatomash.com\">Alan Breslauer<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Progressive Democrats of America hosted Islamic scholar Reza Aslan, author of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html%3FASIN=B000FCK0Z8%26tag=hotpotatomash-20%26lcode=xm2%26cID=2025%26ccmID=165953%26location=\/o\/ASIN\/B000FCK0Z8%253FSubscriptionId=02ZH6J1W0649DTNS6002\">&#8220;No god but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam&#8221;<\/a> in Los Angeles on Sunday night at an event moderated by Bree Walker. Video of the entire conversation can be found below broken down into individual Q&#038;A to make each part easily accessible:<\/p>\n<p><b>The dirty little secret about the &#8220;Bush Doctrine&#8221; and how the last eight years have &#8220;opened up a Pandora&#8217;s box&#8221; (6:53)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><center><script src=\"http:\/\/flash.revver.com\/player\/1.0\/player.js?mediaId:781241;width:360;height:294;\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p><b>American misperceptions about the Muslim community (3:21)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><center><script src=\"http:\/\/flash.revver.com\/player\/1.0\/player.js?mediaId:780390;width:360;height:294;\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Click link below for many more videos&#8230;<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><b>Why did Reza write &#8220;No god but God&#8221; (1:46)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><center><script src=\"http:\/\/flash.revver.com\/player\/1.0\/player.js?mediaId:780224;width:360;height:294;\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p><b>The Yankee go home and take me with you phenomenon (5:25)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><center><script src=\"http:\/\/flash.revver.com\/player\/1.0\/player.js?mediaId:780470;width:360;height:294;\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p><b>The relationship between Shias and Sunnis in Iraq before and after Saddam Hussein (5:34)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><center><script src=\"http:\/\/flash.revver.com\/player\/1.0\/player.js?mediaId:780519;width:360;height:294;\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p><b>The Prophet Mohammed (5:11)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><center><script src=\"http:\/\/flash.revver.com\/player\/1.0\/player.js?mediaId:780574;width:360;height:294;\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p><b>7th century life where Islam was born (5:33)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><center><script src=\"http:\/\/flash.revver.com\/player\/1.0\/player.js?mediaId:780649;width:360;height:294;\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p><b>Fatwas (6:11)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><center><script src=\"http:\/\/flash.revver.com\/player\/1.0\/player.js?mediaId:780746;width:360;height:294;\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p><b>Orthodoxy (Christianity) vs Orthopraxy (Islam &#038; Judaism) (3:59)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><center><script src=\"http:\/\/flash.revver.com\/player\/1.0\/player.js?mediaId:780695;width:360;height:294;\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p><b>How failed democracy in the US and in Iraq have damaged the democracy movement throughout the Arab\/Muslim world (0:49)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><center><script src=\"http:\/\/flash.revver.com\/player\/1.0\/player.js?mediaId:781256;width:360;height:294;\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p><b>Turkey and Iran provide a window into the future of democracy in the Middle East (4:06)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><center><script src=\"http:\/\/flash.revver.com\/player\/1.0\/player.js?mediaId:781188;width:360;height:294;\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p><b>Dominion Christianity, Evangelical Christians and political Islam (7:09)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><center><script src=\"http:\/\/flash.revver.com\/player\/1.0\/player.js?mediaId:781135;width:360;height:294;\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p><b>The ongoing Islamic Reformation (6:29)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><center><script src=\"http:\/\/flash.revver.com\/player\/1.0\/player.js?mediaId:780861;width:360;height:294;\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p><b>Why do they hate us? 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