Reza Aslan

Reza Aslan is one of the few public commentators on religion I genuinely trust, precisely because his own path has been so unsettled. Born in Tehran, converting to evangelical Christianity as a youth, then returning to Islam, he carries belief and doubt at the same time, and he is not embarrassed by it. That honesty makes his scholarship feel humane rather than dogmatic. I appreciate that he wears the labels of academic and television host without contradiction, and that small detail of being a Trekkie somehow makes him more relatable. People who hold faith and skepticism together tend to earn my ear.

Name (English)

Reza Aslan

Name (Japanese)

レザー・アスラン

Reading

れざー・あすらん

Born

May 3, 1972 (age 54)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Rat

Origin

Tehran, Tehran Province, Iran

Occupation

writer / Trekkie / religious studies scholar / university teacher / television producer

High school

Del Mar High School

University

Santa Clara University

• Official sitehttps://www.rezaaslan.com/
• Xhttps://x.com/rezaaslan
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reza%20Aslan
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2298313

Tags

• Tehran Province
• writer
• Trekkie
• religious studies scholar

Last updated

2026-06-21

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.