Reza Aslan's Fox News Interview Video on New Book 'Zealot' Goes Viral

Reza Aslan, author of the highly-controversial, newly released book Zealot, recently partook in a tense online interview with Fox News' Lauren Green in which he was questioned about his Muslim faith and his reasons for writing a book about Jesus' life.

The interview consisted primarily of a back-and-forth between Green and Aslan in which Green sought to clarify why Aslan chose to write a book about Jesus - the man 2.18 billion Christians around the world herald as the messiah - when he himself is a Muslim.

 In the interview clip, Aslan seeks to argue that it is his Ph.D. in religious history that prompted him to write Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth, a book describing Jesus' life on earth. Read more