Reza Aslan

Israel’s Shin Bet Interrogate, Threaten US Scholar Reza Aslan

The Iranian-American scholar and writer said he was threatened by Israel’s Shin Bet of not seeing his children “in a long time.”

Iranian-American scholar Reza Aslan tweeted Tuesday that he was detained and questioned for hours by Israel’s Security Agency, known as the Shin Bet, while he was crossing into Israel from Jordan two weeks ago.