Reza Aslan, research associate at USC’s Center on Public Diplomacy, is the Middle East commentator for NPR’s Marketplace and the Muslim affairs analyst for CBS News. His work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, Slate, Boston Globe, the Washington Post, The Nation, and elsewhere. His first book, No god but God, has been translated into half a dozen languages and was short-listed for the Guardian (UK) First Book Award.