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							<title><![CDATA[Iran's Dynastic Power Shift Strikes at Pillar of Regime]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Reza Aslan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When Mojtaba Khamenei truly becomes Iran'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s next supreme leader, the Islamic Republic will have crossed a line it once claimed defined the very purpose of the revolution.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Dangerous Cult of Donald Trump]]></title>
							<link>http://beta.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-aslan-trump-cultists-20171106-story.html#nt=oft12aH-2gp2</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 06 Nov 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Reza Aslan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The president's most ardent supporters show signs of begin a group bound together by extreme devotion to a charismatic leader they've elevated to prophetic status.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Maher Not Alone in Misunderstanding Religion]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/09/opinion/bill-maher-isnt-the-only-one-who-misunderstands-religion.html?ref=opinion</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Reza Aslan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[BILL MAHER'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s recent rant against Islam has set off a fierce debate about the problem of religious violence, particularly when it comes to Islam.Mr. Maher, who has argued that Islam is unlike other religions (he thinks it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s more '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'like the Mafia'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';'), recently took umbrage...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Ahmadinejad's Days Are Numbered]]></title>
							<link>http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-11-23/iranian-lawmakers-move-to-impeach-president-mahmoud-ahmadinejad/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 25 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Reza Aslan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There is a joke one hears a lot in Iran these days. A foreign  journalist hops into a cab. As the car careens through Tehran's streets,  they come to a clogged intersection where a brand new highway is being  built. The journalist asks the driver, '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'What is the name of this new ...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Is Hillary Silent on Iraqi Christians' Plight?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-11-13/hillary-clintons-silence-on-iraqi-christian-genocide-must-end/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 14 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Reza Aslan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Iraq'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s  2,000-year-old Christian community is on the brink of extinction, its  members targeted by al Qaeda attacks and fleeing abroad. But Hillary  Clinton, the one person who could force the Iraq government to act, is  keeping her mouth shut.A full-scale genocide is under way in...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dropping 'War on Terror' Progress]]></title>
							<link>http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-aslan8-2009apr08,0,7881551.story</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Reza Aslan</author>
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