Why Do They Hate Us?
Published August 6, 2007 on Slate Magazine.
Strange answers lie in al-Qaida's writings.
State Belief
Published July 26, 2007 in Time Magazine.
"There is that word: Islamist. It is a word that, lately, gets tossed around almost as frequently as terrorist and is equally inflammatory and imprecise."
American Islam
Published January, 2007 on Slate Magazine.
Will Islamic radicalism gain a foothold in America? A Conversation With Daniel Benjamin about Muslims in America.
Truth and Power
Published December 24, 2006 in The Boston Globe.
For many Muslims today, 'interreligious dialogue' often looks suspiciously like religious coercion.
Keep It Whole
Published November 28, 2006 in The New Republic.
The US must not allow Iraq to fracture into Sunni, Shia and Kurdish statelets.
The War for Islam
Published September 10, 2006 in The Boston Globe.
Osama bin Laden may go down in history not only as the murderous criminal who declared holy war on the United States, but also as a radical figure in what has come to be called the Islamic Reformation--the epic struggle to define the faith of over a billion people
A Giant Awakes
Published June 3, 2006 in The Gaurdian.
The major powers yesterday ruled out military action against Iran, but in truth it has never been an option against the Middle East's most influential force.
Depicting Mohammed
Posted Wednesday, February 8, 2006 on Slate Magazine.
Why I'm Offended by the Danish Cartoons of the Prophet
A Democracy of Believers
Published June, 2005 in Prospect Magazine.
Iraq should look to Israel for a model that combines democracy and religious belief.
Aunt Kobra's Islamic Democracy
Published April 17, 2005 in the Boston Globe.
In Iran, as throughout in the Muslim world, the personal is political, and religion is always both.
Diary of a Writer in Tehran
Posted September, 2004 on Slate Magazine. A weeklong electronic journal kept by Reza Aslan.
End of Days
Posted August 13, 2004 on Slate Magazine.
The Mission of Al-Sadr's Army of the Mahdi.
In the Footsteps of Martyrs
Posted February, 2004 on Slate Magazine.
A religious procession expresses more than historical frustrations.
Resurrecting an Ancient Library
Published September, 2002 in Poets and Writers.
The rebirth of the Biblioteca Alexandria.