Maher Blasts Some Muslims Over Charlie
Bill Maher didn’t hold back Wednesday night, blasting “hundreds of millions†of the world’s Muslims for allegedly supporting the Islamic terrorist massacre of cartoonists, writers, and editors at a Parisian satirical magazine that has mocked the Prophet Muhammad. (Watch the clip here.) “I know most Muslim people would not have carried out an attack like this,†the host of HBO’s “Real Time With Bill Maher” said on ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live.” “But here’s the important point: Hundreds of millions of them support an attack like this. They applaud an attack like this. What they say is, ‘We don’t approve of violence, but you know what? When you make fun of the Prophet, all bets are off.†“Hundreds of millions of Muslims?†a clearly skeptical Kimmel asked his fellow comedian, an out and proud atheist who in recent years has targeted the adherents of Islam for harsh criticism.
“Absolutely,†Maher insisted. “That is mainstream in the Muslim world. When you make fun of the Prophet, all bets are off. You get what’s coming to you. It’s also mainstream that if you leave the religion, you get what’s coming to you—which is death. Not in every Muslim country… but this is the problem in the world that we have to stand up to.â€
