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Reza Aslan (Persian: رضا اصلان, IPA: [ˈɾezɒː æsˈlɒːn]; born May 3, 1972) is an Iranian-American scholar of sociology, [1] writer, and television host. A convert to evangelical Christianity from Shia Islam as a youth, Aslan eventually reverted to Islam but continued to write about Christianity.
Dale Martin, the Woolsey Professor of Religious Studies at Yale University, who specializes in New Testament and Christian Origins, writes in The New York Times that although Aslan is not a scholar of ancient Christianity and does not present "innovative or original scholarship", the book is entertaining and "a serious presentation of one plausible portrait of the life of Jesus of Nazareth."
[4] Also, Muslim journalist Reihan Salam called the book "fascinating", and he has said that he considers it to be one of the most important books of the decade. [3] The New York Review of Books wrote that "[o]ne of the achievements of Reza Aslan's book is that it gives Islam as much internal complexity and diversity as the concepts 'the West ...
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Nitro Software was founded in Melbourne, Australia, by a team of three. The company developed PDF software as an alternative to Adobe Acrobat. [4] In 2015, the company had sold 1 million licenses. In 2018, it introduced the Nitro Productivity and eSigning Suite. [4] As of 2018, Nitro PDF Pro was utilized by over 650,000 businesses. [5]
Mohammad Reza Aslani (Persian: محمدرضا اصلانی) (born December 9, 1943, in Rasht, Iran) is an Iranian filmmaker, art theorist, graphic designer and poet known mostly for his experimental films and documentaries.
Aslan published two volumes of short stories, three novels, and two volumes of non-fiction during a literary career spanning more than four decades. [3] His first collection of short stories, called Buhayrat al-Masah ( The Evening Lake ), was released in 1971–72.
Until the middle of the series, the only magical happenings involve a few spells and a giant, humanoid monster. There are many evil monsters such as ghouls and winged monkeys, which appear in the second half of the novel series. Especially the first half of the series is, at the core, a war story taking place between human nations.