Reza Aslan og Jessica Jackley. Han religionshistoriker, professor og foredragsholder, og forfatter av en rekke bøker om religion. Gift med Jessica, prisvinnende sosial entreprenør, foredragsholder og forfatter. Han er muslim, hun er kristen. Gjester på Vestfrontmøtet 4. august 2018, dvs. verbalgrogrammet til Olavsfestdagene i Trondheim. Reza Aslan (born 1972) is an Iranian-American author, public intellectual, religious studies scholar, producer, and television host. He has written three books on religion: No god but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam, Beyond Fundamentalism: Confronting Religious Extremism in the Age of Globalization, and Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth. Aslan is a member of the American Academy of Religion, the Society of Biblical Literature, and the International Qur'anic Studies Association. He is also a professor of creative writing at University of California, Riverside. He is also currently a board member of the National Iranian American Council (NIAC). After the June 2017 London Bridge attack Aslan took to Twitter to call President Trump "a piece of shit" and a "man baby" for his response to the attack. On June 9, 2017, in response to his remarks, CNN decided to cut ties with Aslan and announced they would not move forward with season two of the Believer series. Aslan said of the cancellation, "I am not a journalist. I am a social commentator and scholar. And so I agree with CNN that it is best that we part ways. (Wikip.) Jessica Erin Jackley, born 1977 an American entrepreneur who co-founded Kiva and later ProFounder, two organizations that promote development through microloans. Jackley was the co-founder and CEO of ProFounder, a platform that provided tools for small business entrepreneurs in the United States to access start-up capital through crowdfunding and community involvement.
Prior to ProFounder, Jackley was co-founder and Chief Marketing Officer of Kiva, the world's first p2p microlending websi