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Bill Maher: Hundreds of millions of Muslims support Charlie Hebdo jihad

Jan 8, 2015 11:17 pm By Robert Spencer

This Daily Beast report is clearly angry with Maher for breaking ranks with the Left and telling the truth about Islam and jihad. Maher deserves kudos for standing his ground and continuing to enunciate unpopular truths. I wonder how long it will take him to realize that the Left is not going to rush to his side on this issue.

“Bill Maher: Hundreds of Millions of Muslims Support Attack on ‘Charlie Hebdo,’” by Lloyd Grove, The Daily Beast, January 8, 2015:

The comedian responded to the deadly attack on a French satirical magazine by renewing his recent criticisms of the Islamic faith.

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.

“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.”

He continued, “I’m the liberal in this debate,” adding that he grew up in a family that supported John F. Kennedy over racist Southern governments in the fight for civil rights. “The reason we were liberals is we were against oppression.”

Needless to say, Maher’s vitriolic rant drew few laughs from the studio audience, which seemed stunned into silence by his uncompromising anger.

Maher’s well-known anti-Islamic views have come in for severe criticism in recent months from moderate Muslims and even prominent liberals (such as Ben Affleck on an installment of Real Time) who’ve accused him of intolerance and ignorance.

He praised the murdered editors, writers, and cartoonists of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo for their bravery in lampooning Muslims in the face of death threats and even the November 2011 firebombing of their offices. “These guys had the balls of the Eiffel Tower. Their balls were bigger than Gerard Depardieu,” Maher said.

By contrast, he said in a line that was partially bleeped during the broadcast, the politically correct liberals of the United States, especially those who’ve been arguing for sensitivity to delicate Muslim sensibilities, had turned America into “Pussy Nation.”

When Kimmel warned that Maher was turning on his fellow liberals, Maher corrected, “No. I’m asking them to turn toward the truth. I’m the liberal in this debate. I’m for free speech. To be a liberal, you have to stand up for liberal principles. It’s not my fault that the part of the world that is most against liberal principles is the Muslim part of the world.”

Maher cited an unidentified “study” of 130 countries in which 17 majority Muslim countries ranked in the bottom 20 regarding the treatment of women. “In 10 Muslim countries, you can get the death penalty just for being gay. They chop heads off in the square in Mecca. Well, Mecca is their Vatican City. If they were chopping heads off gay people in Vatican City, wouldn’t there be a bigger outcry among liberals?”…

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  1. martin says

    Jan 8, 2015 at 11:34 pm

    I applaud his courage, as our dear Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer know too well speaking the truth, pointing out the huge ‘elephant in the room’ will put your life at risk, you need huge bravery to do this today in the US or in Europe.

    We are all facing a very real danger and the possible destruction of our way of life and forced subjugation to Islam or simply death. Writing comments on this or other forums does a tiny bit, but we all need to spread the word and get out there and fight for the freedom of future generations.

    It is scary and it is dangerous, this is already WWIII.

    • Bamaguje says

      Jan 9, 2015 at 5:48 am

      Bill Maher should watch out.
      Jihadist assassins may target him next.

      • john spielman says

        Jan 9, 2015 at 7:22 am

        I think Maher, like the editor of CHARLIE HEBDO, would rather “die standing than on our knees”

      • Say No 2 Mo says

        Jan 9, 2015 at 7:42 am

        Yes and Jihadi sympathisers or apologists like Bamaguje may applaud such and attack.

    • Rob Porter says

      Jan 9, 2015 at 8:46 am

      Martin, Absolutely right. At one stage never did I think I would respect Bill Maher for his views and courage, but over this matter of Islam I do.

  2. Juan Motime says

    Jan 8, 2015 at 11:44 pm

    quote “When you make fun of the Prophet, all bets are off. You get what’s coming to you.” (HOW many piss bottles with a crucifix in it and not one Christian has killed innocent people for it) and ” skeptical Kimmel asked his fellow comedian, an out and proud atheist” (how can argue with him??)
    What more can be said this dual of mentally ill liberals??? shishhhhh

  3. cronk says

    Jan 8, 2015 at 11:45 pm

    Maher is saying what a lot of people on FoxNews won’t say. It’s good but it’s sad that he is one the most outspoken of MSM personalities. The Conservatives are slowly becoming irrelevant as most are repeating the TMOE meme and are terrified of being labeled islamophobes and racists by the Left.

    I was listening to Megan Kelly interview Ayaan Hirisi(sp), even she barely touched on the Islamic component of terrorism here in the West or the inherent violence in Islam. She did try but Kelly was practically begging her to not find fault with Islam.

    It was really pretty sad.

    • Howard says

      Jan 9, 2015 at 3:40 am

      I noticed that as well. What the hell is going on? All I can think of is they got death threats and are becoming yellow. If they keep that up they might as well hand the west to the muslim islamist terrorists. I expected Fox to at least publish the cartoons.

      • Darren says

        Jan 10, 2015 at 4:21 pm

        I do wonder if the fact a Saudi prince owns a stake in News Corp the parent corp of Fox News plays a factor in it.

  4. somehistory says

    Jan 8, 2015 at 11:45 pm

    It is a sad fact that most people of the world do not like hearing the truth of things, and of islam especially, these people would rather hear lies.

  5. Jonathan says

    Jan 8, 2015 at 11:57 pm

    He is an equal opportunity atheist, and I think that he will find a lot more to complain about in Islam than he has found in any Christian sect.

  6. Don McKellar says

    Jan 9, 2015 at 12:28 am

    OF COURSE the left is not going to be in any rush to turn about and face the truth about Islam like the brave and intellectually honest Bill Maher. The reason is simple. Bill Maher is a liberal, not a leftist. There is a huge difference between a liberal and a leftist. That is an extremely important distinction.

    This is where Maher is in trouble: he is appealing to liberals to embrace liberal ideals like they used to. Unfortunately, the vast majority of people who call themselves liberals because it makes them feel righteous are actually leftist facists in deep denial. They’re so hard core left that they can’t step away from themselves and see how ugly they have become as human beings, how intollerant they are, how willfully ignorant they have become, and how much harm they do in the world. Bill Maher is up against this essential truth about today’s leftists. And now they’re attacking him for speaking to truth.

    • jay says

      Jan 9, 2015 at 1:26 am

      Liberals will never ever face the truth of the left which is entrenched in socialist and old communist dogma and ideologies they keep regurgitating. They won’t admit it let alone recognize and address it. They’re perfectly happy, just as they always have been, to uphold our enemies and divide and demonize America/the West. It is no coincidence that most Islamic and N. Korean apologists are liberals. Liberals are willing in their own ideologies to let millions die and suffer if the one doing the bad stuff is an enemy to democracy and western values. because the ‘real’ problem is always us, it’s never the ones who want to destroy us. They are always justified, they are always victims and we are always to blame. Bill Maher is alone because progressive politics don’t technically allow one to be against America’s enemies, never have. Progressivism is antithetical to capitalism. White people and Jews are the cancer on this world in progressive politics, the conspiracy behind the curtain, taking away their power by any means necessary is what they have been trying to do and succeeding for the last 50 years through things like hate laws, ‘civil rights’, racial programs, welfare statism, open immigration etc. Which is not unlike Islam, just a million times more sophisticated. It’s Islam 2.0 for the modern world. And just like Islam it has caused decay and destruction to everything it claims to support and be for.

      • roger woodhouse says

        Jan 9, 2015 at 5:33 am

        Excellent comment Jay. We here in the UK have suffered under the yolk of Political Correctness now for the past twenty years . The continual brainwashing by the BBC and its fellow travellers the Labour party have drained the life out of the British people . We are at the mercy now of Islam because of this. Our only hope lies in the success next May of the UKIParty but they face a very uphill battle against the massive powers of the establishment. We are at war with Islam but the West wont accept it . .This means that these kind of attacks will continue and never be acknowleged for what they are.

    • Matthieu Baudin says

      Jan 9, 2015 at 6:33 am

      A very fine, thoughtful piece Don, thank you very much.

  7. jay says

    Jan 9, 2015 at 1:13 am

    It’s a UN study on gender inequality I believe. Muslim followed by African nations were on the bottom. He’s a brave man and I admire him. Sadly I feel his alienation will probably wear on him and could be used to keep him off TV in the future. Hope he can find some support and not lose his voice. Never thought I’d live in an age where people have to hide their beliefs to such a degree and are openly discriminated against. Insane.

  8. Query says

    Jan 9, 2015 at 1:34 am

    I’ve been following this trend for a while. From Israel to Palestine to Geert Wilders. At this point, I’d rather have dinner with Benjamin Netanyahu then Prophet Muhammed and not because I like my pork.

    I continue to hear from speakers that are promoting the strength of freedom about:

    Moderate Islam, Extremist Islam, Muslim Extremist, Muslim Fundamentalists, Mentally Retarded Muslims, Peaceful Islam, Hateful Islam, Moderate Muslims, Minority of Muslims…I mean, thats the Islamic list for the 10 commandments right there…

    What I don’t understand is that Islam is one God and one prophet. So, how can we have all these different subgroups that believe in one god, one prophet, one Koran, one hadith, one Sharia. What does, “Peaceful Muslims” mean? Where some Nazis peaceful because they didn’t kill Jews? But they were still Nazis enforcing Hitlers Ideology.

    We continue to listen to muslim clerics, leaders of some Mosque when we should be listening to the Ayatollahs and their Grand Muftis. Peaceful Muslims? Where are they? Do they exist when one is not offending them?

    Isn’t it enough for a people to believe in an ideology that is hateful? To be honest, removing Islam from the west will not happen because Muslims are Islam. Is banning Nazism going to stop Nazis? With radicalisation, I refuse to believe that people are being radicalised and brainwashed to kill. Soldiers in the western military join by choice to fight, as do these ‘terrorists’.

    For me, there is only Muslim and their is only Islam. For me, a ‘Peaceful Muslim’ is one that has committed apostasy and I don’t mean because they were killed for it. As for, Muslim Extremism, that they read the Koran literally, is ludicrous. Doesn’t the Koran mention that Islamic Holy texts need to be read literally? Followed literally. For their is no God but Allah and Prophet Muhammad is his messenger?

    How can Muslim Extremists and Moderate Muslims be any different when they have the same religious literature?

    Its not like, you can choose between a censored and an extreme version of the Koran. There is no ‘New Testament’ as their is no ‘Islamophobia’. Is it such a bad thing to condemn the hate that is Islam?

    For their to be peace, Muslims need to be condemning Islam and the middle east continues to portray themselves as the poor and defenceless victims when they are selling their oil to the world for years.

    This attack in France, less then two weeks into the new year and this is the standard for terrorism in the West. Things were building up towards the end of 2014 with reckless driving, stabbing and the Sydney Siege.

    It will only get worse and I think that the leftists will end up like Benito Mussolini.

    I have nothing left to say.

  9. particolor says

    Jan 9, 2015 at 1:43 am

    Goodbye….

  10. Rainman says

    Jan 9, 2015 at 2:09 am

    Bill Maher’s math is correct. There at least a billion Muslims in the world. Using a very conservative estimate of 10% of them as being radical, that comes out to at least a 100 million radical Muslims. Yes, they are a minority in their religion, but it is a gigantic minority. The vast majority of muslims are quiet about the minorities atrocities. Weather it is fear of the jihadis or just silent agreement, I don’t know and I don’t care. The end result is the same. The violent Muslims are controlling and defining the Muslim religion today.
    Compare that to Christianity. Out of at least a billion Christians, you can only really point to a couple dozen jerks at Westboro Baptist church. And they have never been violent.
    Hats off the Bill Maher for being honest with himself and with us.
    Rainman…….

    • Mulakush says

      Jan 9, 2015 at 1:29 pm

      The numbers I have seen float around on the internet are 10-12% radical plus 25-28% full supporters. There are other factions as well – moderates with their heads down, doubters with THEIR heads down and outright atheist running for their lives. Just staying with the first two, the numbers who would do grievous harm to us in the civilized world range from 35% to 40%. Given that there are 1.6 billion of these violent deluded individuals, the harmful contingent among Muslims has a vast army numbering 560 million to 640 million. Now let us take a guess. Many of these violent true believers are in power as in government and religious authorities. In fact you can’t be a part of those controlling groups unless you are, just like you have to be a Christian to be an official in the US government. Given their power and their demonstrated cruelty, every individual of this type has a huge influence on the society out of proportion with their numbers. They completely drown out the voices of the moderates, doubters or disbelievers. So much so that I can confidently say that all Muslims are a threat to civilization. Imagine that they go about murdering satirists of a different persuasion in the west where they are watched by the government. Imagine what they will do the moderates, doubters or disbelievers among them.

  11. @blackpearl_333 says

    Jan 9, 2015 at 3:11 am

    I love Bill Maher and admire and applaud him for bravely drawing attention to the gross injustices taking place across the Muslim world. However, he is not fully aware of his own realm of cognitive dissonance.

    Maher indulges in a misplaced optimism that mainstream leftism will one day support him in his rational criticism of Islamic doctrine. It won’t.
    The mainstream left are the epitome of fascism and hypocrisy as they unapologetically silence human rights advocates under the guise of silencing “hate speech.”

    Maher’s unrealistic aspirations for his “tribe” are on par to the nonsensical aspirations of secular Muslims who whole-heartedly believe Islam to actually be a religion of peace. Like Maher these secular Muslims satiate their blue-sky hopes – they are waiting for mainstream Muslims to stop “misinterpreting” Islam.
    If a secular freedom loving Muslim abandons the violent tenants of Islam can they even be called a Muslim? Analysis of Islamic doctrine will deem these secular Muslims as apostates of Islam; they have failed to subscribe to mainstream Islamic beliefs and the barbarism of Sharia Law. Bill Maher sees himself as a “proud liberal” while mainstream leftism turns its back on their political apostate, denouncing him as a bigoted, racism Islamophobe.

    My advice to Bill Maher is not to let your aspirations for the left blind you to the sinister nature of dystopian leftism. It’s time to take off the rose-coloured glasses and run for office…as a Republican. ☺

    • Mulakush says

      Jan 9, 2015 at 1:40 pm

      RE: “The mainstream left are the epitome of fascism and hypocrisy as they unapologetically silence human rights advocates under the guise of silencing “hate speech.”

      What have you been smoking? It is the Right that is the epitome of fascism. We see Republicans supporting all manner of welfare payments to the rich and the corporations. When was the last time any one in the left supported corporations or the ultra rich? It is the corporations who silence ‘hate speech’ and corrupt the politicians to pass laws such as ‘anti food disparagement’ laws in place in the various states, laws forbidding calling proven natural cures as cures, suppressing information about harm that GMOs cause, denying climate change and its ongoing visible effects on the planet. The list goes on. Fascism is system of government where the corpartion and the business reign supreme. This is obviously so in the USA today.

      Do not mistake Liberalism for Left. Bill Mahr calls himself a Liberal. Liberalism stands for individual liberty and the term was coined for that purpose. Right, Religion, Republicanism and Communism have every thing in common – they all seek to enslave the common people in the servitude of a few crooks – the rich, the corporations, the clergy and the government.

      • Darren says

        Jan 10, 2015 at 4:59 pm

        Stalin and Mao who killed millions were considered left wing. Also don’t fool yourself the leaders on the left are just as compromised as the so called leaders on the right in regards to money and power. Climate change is a hoax, and the powers that be are making a fortune off of that hoax, not to mention curtailing freedom. I know the cause is noble sounding, who doesn’t want to save the earth, but don’t be fooled and used as a useful idiot. Communism is a left wing ideology.

  12. Anon says

    Jan 9, 2015 at 3:17 am

    Quote “delicate Muslim” – that says alot right there. When you have a spiritual monster that has figured out how to successfully act like the victim, that’s something very dangerous.

    Should Sharia Apply to All Citizens? – The percentage that believe this is about 47% based on ten Muslim majority countries in the Middle East, South Asia and North Africa. Based on the Muslim population of those countries, that results in 243 million people (at a minimum) believing that Sharia law should apply to all citizens.

    Penalty for Converting to Another Faith – The percentage that believe this is about 68% based on ten Muslim majority countries in the Middle East, South Asia and North Africa. Based on the Muslim population of those countries, that results in 353 million people (at a minimum) believing in the death penalty for leaving Islam.

    http://www.pewforum.org/2013/04/30/the-worlds-muslims-religion-politics-society-beliefs-about-sharia/

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_by_country (collated from known sources).

    Someone please show me where more than 400 million Christians around the world believe in the death penalty for leaving Christianity.

    • voegelinian says

      Jan 10, 2015 at 1:42 pm

      Good post.

  13. Bartender says

    Jan 9, 2015 at 4:08 am

    The comment section is filled with people identifying themselves from Saudi Arabia. Obviously a concerted and organized – probably paid – effort to flood the comment section. They are quite emboldened and attacking. All this politically correct shit does is embolden them more. Ditto with the attacks. They are more emboldened after the attacks. They are happy with the attacks and angry at Maher.

    • Bartender says

      Jan 9, 2015 at 7:14 am

      I was talking about the comment section of the youtube video of Maher on Jimmy Kimmel

      • Darren says

        Jan 10, 2015 at 5:06 pm

        There have been countless stories on the internet of paid internet trolls. Even our own government employs them. I read China has 500,000 of them. So it stands to reason that the sharia crowd employs them as well. I’ve run into some over the years, I’m sure we all have at one time or another. One give away is when they call themselves say a republican but take an opposite position any republican would take. The first trick is having the victim or target identify with you. Often they pretend to be one of us or whoever then the talking points come out. We will be more sympathetic if we feel they are one of us. Then you have the usual Jew conspiracy trolls. Though sadly you have a lot of true believers who fall into the Jew conspiracy theory Elders of Zion thing. Stealth jihad is a very effective tactic against the west as well, I am sure they have a troll army disinformation is an important part of an information war.

  14. The Mayor says

    Jan 9, 2015 at 4:48 am

    I divide all Muslims into just 2 groups: passive Muslims and active Muslims. The great majority of Muslims are passive, meaning that, even if they believe in the most hateful and violent strictures of the Koran, the passives don`t act on them. The actives choose to carry out the violent directives of the Koran, which are basic to this tome of totalitarian ideology. As there are well over 1 billion Muslims, it only takes a small percentage of actives to commit the slaughters around the world that are tearing their, and, our, world apart. Of course, the passives may agree with, even applaud, the actions of the actives, but, most choose to remain passive. The Mayor PS There are no Muslims extremists, as these are just active Muslims.

    • Arthur says

      Jan 9, 2015 at 10:20 pm

      I like your terminology. I think it makes perfect sense.

    • voegelinian says

      Jan 10, 2015 at 1:45 pm

      Nice theory based on sweeping abstract generalizations with no actual evidence supporting it (nor possibly supporting it). At the end of the day, all our taxonomies of such a broad, vast, globally dispersed, and ostensibly diverse demographic do more harm than good to the Counter-Jihad; for they invariably tend to reinforce thought patterns (and from there, policy) that continues to deem Muslims inside the West as harmless.

  15. george whyte says

    Jan 9, 2015 at 5:39 am

    excuses coming thick and fast now. please leave a comment

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2902821/Killers-betray-Islam-Muslims-driven-wilfully-perverted-misinterpretation-faith-says-academic.html?login#readerCommentsCommand-message-field

  16. Angemon says

    Jan 9, 2015 at 5:44 am

    This Daily Beast report is clearly angry with Maher for breaking ranks with the Left and telling the truth about Islam and jihad.

    Indeed. It stops short of calling Maher a “racist” – I guess some lies are just too big to swallow.

    When Kimmel warned that Maher was turning on his fellow liberals, Maher corrected, “No. I’m asking them to turn toward the truth. I’m the liberal in this debate. I’m for free speech. To be a liberal, you have to stand up for liberal principles. It’s not my fault that the part of the world that is most against liberal principles is the Muslim part of the world.”

    Splendidly put, Mr. Maher. Bravo!

  17. David says

    Jan 9, 2015 at 5:57 am

    With all the free worldwide publicity the western media is giving this, ISIS can’t believe their luck. They’ll be making a very effective recruitment video thanks to western media.

    Is it any wonder that youth are rushing in droves to join ISIS when they hear things like

    ‘2 Muslims subdue an entire army of 80,000 police after avenging Prophet Muhammad

    The western media is stupid. The government should just have bombed the house as soon as they had them surrounded and be done with it. More free publicity for ISIS will only do more harm to our societies.

    There is a reason why these attacks are coming in one country after another and that is because they get so much worldwide free publicity. Even world leaders join in. They thrive in all this attention!!

    Are we to have a convocation of all the world’s leaders to consult on how to deal with TWO murderers?? What an absolute joke.

    Call the American Army in. They’ll finish them in a few minutes. 7 helicopters and 88,000 police for TWO men???? You’ve got to be joking. Am I seeing this??

    This is where you need China or Korea or the Burmese Army who’d blow them to bits and then life gets back to normal. You need ruthlessness to match ruthlessness not kid gloves.

    America fires missiles at terrorists from drones and there’s collateral damage but it has to be done. Just bomb the building. Catching them alive is unlikely and even so getting much info from them seems improbable.

    • Angemon says

      Jan 9, 2015 at 7:32 am

      Is this the same David who a couple of days ago assured me that muslims were wonderful, non-violent people?

  18. BC says

    Jan 9, 2015 at 6:11 am

    polls in EU and Islamic countries show up to 70% support for IS and about the same for the imposition of Sharia law in the countries of residence. That means the replacing of our cherished constitutional law
    with sharia. Given the practice of taqiyyah, I suspect the real numbers are actually higher.. This means the so called ‘moderate’ Muslims, beloved of the media and political leadership must be in a minority

  19. jewdog says

    Jan 9, 2015 at 6:55 am

    Maher’s right about widespread support among Muslims. http://www.barenakedislam.org has shown extensive media clips and reports about celebrations, just like after every major terrorist attack.
    Maher is indeed a liberal in a prior, traditional sense, but like everything else, liberalism has changed in time. Now, a liberal is a multiculturalist who believes in the moral equivalence of all cultures, who would consider it racist to make the sort of sweeping negative judgements Maher does about Islamic culture. That’s why he is swimming against the tide.

    • Spot On says

      Jan 9, 2015 at 7:47 am

      jewdog, Agreed. What sets Maher apart from other liberals is his ability to examine not only style and form but also some facts. The facts always seem to get in his way. At some time in the future, he may stumble upon the fact that there is no way for us to distinguish the difference between a so called “peaceful” Muslim and a Muslim barbarian terrorist. When he one day discovers this fact, it may ruin his outlook.

  20. Bonnie Loranger says

    Jan 9, 2015 at 7:34 am

    Maher is right. Most Muslims support Jihad. Silently of course but they do.It is in their Koran. It is impossible for them not to support jihad. The Muslim in the white house does.

  21. Liberals Against Islam says

    Jan 9, 2015 at 8:04 am

    Yes, Bill Maher is the liberal here, just not the progressive. The two are often confused but are in reality radically different.

    This is a point we are trying to make here:

    https://www.facebook.com/pages/Liberals-Against-Islam/1520132154919748

    If you agree with our stance, and are on Facebook, we’d be grateful for the odd like or comment just to make the place look a bit lived in.

    If you don’t we want to hear your point of view too. Thanks.

  22. Lesley says

    Jan 9, 2015 at 8:44 am

    Bill Maher is right, and is already well aware that the Left won’t be rushing to join him any time soon. I am proud of Maher as an educator with liberal (sensible liberal values, not the madness masquerading as ‘liberal’ these days). Maher has been expressing his frustration with the Left’s denial of the inherent dangers of Islam for quite a while now. Bill Maher’s math on how many fundamentalists Islamists there are is accurate in our best case scenario, and conservative in the worst case scenario. As the saying goes: The difference between the radical Muslim and the moderate Muslim is that the radical wants to kill you… and the moderate wants the radical to kill you. I have known ‘moderate’ Muslims bragging about milking the system here in the US, and I believe that they justify this by thinking of it in terms of jizya that unbelievers owe to them because they are superior. I have seen ‘moderate’ Muslims use their ideology as a excuse to cheat our society and give their fellow Muslims an advantage during 5 years that I worked with them in the States… all the while complaining that “there is no society here.” We have to stop thinking about Islam as a religion that only means to bring its adherents comfort (in the way Christianity or Buddhism does). Islam is more like a business plan to take over the world and everyone’s stuff using barbaric violence and deception. The ‘moderates’ are still dangerous, and that’s a very important concept to grasp. The ‘moderates’ will lie, cheat, and steal everything they can from the kaffirs… so the best we can expect from ‘moderates’ is that they will use deception and take advantage of us in any way they can. The only difference between the ‘moderate’ and the ‘radical’ is that the ‘radical’ is using weapons. Why should this be acceptable in the West??

  23. KrazyKafir says

    Jan 9, 2015 at 10:08 am

    The end game for all Jihadists is for barbaric Islamic law to rule, and Pew Research shines a light on the fact that a huge portion of the Islamic world is in in sync with the Jihadists on that end game, and their poll shows that in, just a few Islamic countries, there are a quarter of a billion muslims who are on board with their goal of barbaric Sharia Law.

    http://www.pewresearch.org/daily-number/stoning-adulterers/

  24. Jeff says

    Jan 9, 2015 at 11:05 am

    Wow! I applaud the courage of Bill Maher. I do not agree with his politics but he is 100% correct about the issue of Muslim fundamentalism. Freedom loving people need to stand up against Islamic terror (and their supporters).

  25. tgusa says

    Jan 9, 2015 at 12:57 pm

    The leftist Civil War has begun and I for one am going to sit back and watch the battle unfold. The Western left have been consistent supporters of the Islamic grievance industry and the primary backers of islamic civil rights. However, islamic civil rights are not the civil rights the left have believed them to be. Examine modern leftist ideology and you will find that it is an octopus with each tentacle representing a separate and distinct leftist ideological value. Each and every leftist ideological value is in direct conflict with Islamic ideological doctrine. Muslims find each and every leftist ideological value reprehensible and intolerable. The Islamic punishment for embracing leftist values varies, for some the punishment demands death while others only require a good beating followed by a forced conversion and strict conformity with Islamic ideological doctrine.
    Up until now the left have been marching in lockstep with their eyes wide shut. Only now are we witnessing some on the left slowly opening their eyes to what awaits them if they continue down this road to their utter destruction. Obama came onto the scene with a message of hope and change but some on the left are beginning to realize that they are not going to get the change that they had hoped for. The Western lefts rallying cry has been one that consists of muslims are being oppressed! Leftist Maher states that Hundreds of millions of them support an attack like this but Atheist Jimmy seems to be not so sure. I have a question for Bill and Jimmy. Outside of Hundreds of millions how many more support the long established islamic ideological doctrine? What exactly do the Western left think will occur if they open the door for the so-called oppressed?

  26. Liz Brown says

    Jan 9, 2015 at 1:13 pm

    Bill Maher, one of the few true/real liberals.
    .
    Here is my picture of Mohammad, no peace was ever upon him:

    ….O
    ….\l/
    …..l
    …./.\

  27. Mulakush says

    Jan 9, 2015 at 1:14 pm

    RE: “… hundreds of millions …”

    Sounds about right. Yeah.

  28. Dracula says

    Jan 9, 2015 at 1:35 pm

    His laudable dissent will not change the fact that the ideology to which he still considers himself a part is exactly what Muslim reformers exploit to enter and influence kuffar nations.

  29. Zimriel says

    Jan 9, 2015 at 8:16 pm

    It’s hard to be funny given the subject-matter. Also it’s possible he was ordered not to make funnies about Prophet Mo in front of someone else’s audience.

  30. abad says

    Jan 9, 2015 at 9:33 pm

    Meh, nothing new, Muslims did the same thing when Salman Rushdie came out with “The Satanic Verses.” Proof positive that all Muslims stick together like one big inner-city street-corner gang.

  31. Douglas Sydney Australia says

    Jan 10, 2015 at 6:59 am

    A thoughtful lefty.

    I guess the law of large numbers dictates that there would be some.

    Just as the same dictates that millions of Muslims believe and support extremism in many different ways.

  32. Brian Hoff says

    Jan 10, 2015 at 10:26 am

    It isnot wise to insult than Prophit of God. So that owner of the newpaper got what he was comeing to him.

    • Angemon says

      Jan 10, 2015 at 11:04 am

      Brian Hoff posted:

      “It isnot wise to insult than Prophit of God.”

      It is, however, hilarious:

      http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HUgXn745jwI/UYc5bHPZgNI/AAAAAAAAA5g/Q-E9E1ZvCuw/s1600/m-33-modern1.jpg

      But I like that term, “prophit”. Muhammad sure knew how to make a profit masquerading as a prophet.

      “So that owner of the newpaper got what he was comeing to him.”

      Brian, was it the owner who drew the cartoons that offended the muslim crybabies? By your logic, it would be OK for anyone to start killing all muslims who don’t denounce or stop terrorists. Would you like that, Brian.

      So, how’s that caliphate thing working out for you? Any progress on moving it to Turkey? I hear ISIS has Turkey near the top of their list so don’t worry, chances are you’ll have your wish soon.

  33. TruthTriumphs says

    Jan 10, 2015 at 11:34 am

    Being politically independent, I’m a strange mixture of liberal and conservative. I come to this website because it’s one of the only places that tries to expose the truth about Islam, but some of the comments here are really ridiculous. Calling liberals the enemy and suggesting that they should be eliminated makes you no different from a Muslim radical. You have to face the fact that a significant percentage of the West are liberals, we can’t win the fight against the coming tide of Islam without liberals. This is one subject I try to change the minds of my liberal friends on, Islam is one subject you cannot be politically correct on, because there are deadly consequences for ignoring the truth of their intentions (Thanks to Bill Maher, Sam Harris and others like them for doing the same). But, don’t forget that what makes the United States such a great place is that we allow differing opinions here, it’s the mixture of conservative and liberal that makes our country so great, a good balance of ideas and laws and tolerance. In an Islamic country that would not be allowed, they don’t believe in Democracy, they don’t believe in separation of Church and State (a secular government), they don’t believe in Freedom of Speech or any of what makes the West so great. You are only allowed to think one way in those countries, that’s why their society doesn’t progress (no political dynamics), that religion makes them stagnant.

    Like I said, I am a strange mixture of conservative and liberal, but how could I possibly be liberal or tolerant toward Islam, a religion that would see me dead for a multitude of reasons:

    I am gay = death sentence
    I am atheist = death sentence
    I will use free speech and criticize Islam = death sentence
    I will not convert to Islam = death sentence
    I would fight for freedom of religious belief or non-belief= death sentence
    etc., etc., etc.

    So I do hope the politically correct crowd will excuse me for not jumping to the defense of the Islamic religion.

    And one other thing, Muslims are not a race of people, they are followers of a religion. It is not racist to dislike the Islamic belief system that they CHOOSE to follow.

    • jim67867 says

      Jan 14, 2015 at 11:40 pm

      You are as lunatic as Bill Maher. Freedom of speech you say? INo editor will publish cartoons that are derogatory in insulting Jews, nor against Blacks….. but the West says it’s open season on Muslims??? Do you even have any Muslim friends to know all the BS you are talking about is not true. You try to smear all of Muslims based on the actions of a few lunatic states. MOST Muslims don’t give a fuk about gays, aetheists needing to die. Get a brain – if you really want to be a know it all- go meet real Muslims; stop reading BS from FOX or editor columns that judge Muslims without ever knowing them. It is prejudice to stupidly assume they all follow Wahabi extremist ideals; that’s pure BS. There are gay Muslims, liberal Muslims, all my Muslim friends listen with interest when I give them my perspectives as an agnostic….. If I do that with some Christians, they go nuts.

      • Angemon says

        Jan 15, 2015 at 6:44 am

        jim67867 posted:

        “INo editor will publish cartoons that are derogatory in insulting Jews, nor against Blacks…..”

        Wrong, try again later.

        “but the West says it’s open season on Muslims???”

        Once again, wrong.

        “Do you even have any Muslim friends to know all the BS you are talking about is not true.”

        Translation: “If you know a nice muslim you don’t have to worry about the millions who would gladly force you to live under sharia”. No thanks, I’ll pass the sharia thing, nice muslim or not.

        “You try to smear all of Muslims based on the actions of a few lunatic states.”

        “Lunatic” states that justify their lunacy with islamic teachings.

        “MOST Muslims don’t give a fuk about gays, aetheists needing to die. Get a brain – if you really want to be a know it all- go meet real Muslims;”

        Actually, you’re the one who needs to get a brain since either you believe what you’re spouting or you think anyone does. Islam is not what muslims do but what islamic doctrine teaches. That some muslims don’t follow it, either because of ignorance or because islam isn’t the only influence in their lives and they prefer Western values derived from the Judaic-Christian based culture, makes no difference to muslims who do follow islam blindly.

        “stop reading BS from FOX or editor columns that judge Muslims without ever knowing them.”

        Muslims are one thing, islam is another. You might get the wrong idea about what islam teaches from watching how muslims behave but you can get an idea of how muslims are expected to behave by looking into what islam teaches. If someone in Fox, or an editor in a column, says that islam teaches that muslims are mandated to subjugate non-muslims, and if they back it up with quotes feom islamic sources, then what changes in islam if you know a nice muslim or two?

        “There are gay Muslims, liberal Muslims, all my Muslim friends listen with interest when I give them my perspectives as an agnostic…..”

        And, according to islamic teachings, all those deserve the death penalty – you included.

        “If I do that with some Christians, they go nuts.”

        Of course, you can’t make muslims look good without trying to make Christians look bad – all your muslim firends versus some Christians, eh? You know that muslim-majority countries have laws against denying the existence of God, right? Not Christian-majority countries, muslim-majority countries.

    • Galen Muhammad says

      Jan 15, 2015 at 7:11 am

      I’ve got some disheartening news for you:

      The author of this site, Robert Spencer, is a paid #Islamaphobe. An Islamaphobe, be they commissioned or freelancing, will NEVER tell the truth about Islam.

      Whatever the claim, it generally an exaggeration, a half-truth or an outright lie. Oftentimes, those who know these characters find them telling more lies to cover up previous lies!

      If you want the truth about Islam, go to the source. Or at least to to know your Muslim neighbors. As Islam is the fastest growing religion, you probably have more Muslim neighbors than you realize. They might be that helpful, friendly family you see from time to time. …

      • Angemon says

        Jan 15, 2015 at 7:35 am

        Galen Muhammad posted:

        “I’ve got some disheartening news for you:

        The author of this site, Robert Spencer, is a paid #Islamaphobe.”

        And, of course, GM brings up 0 evidence to back this claim.

        “Whatever the claim, it generally an exaggeration, a half-truth or an outright lie. Oftentimes, those who know these characters find them telling more lies to cover up previous lies!”

        And, of course, GM has 0 examples to back this claim. Seems like GM likes to throw mud around, like a monkey with his feces.

        Mr. Spencer comments on news and quotes from islamic sources to explain how islam is the driving force behind, for example, the Carlie Hebdo massacre. People like GM don’t like it because, well, cockroaches don’t like light. The islamic imperative to spread islam through the world hasn’t changed. What has changed are the methods. Rather than using military invasions, most muslims carrying out that imperative nowadays prefer to encroach slowly, grow in number and using said number to their advantage. Remember Lebanon.

        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERou_Q5l9Gw

        “If you want the truth about Islam, go to the source.”

        Mr. Spencer quotes from the quran, ahadith, and authoritative muslim scholars extensively. There’s no more reliable source than those, and you accuse him of lying and being a “paid islamophobe”.

        “Or at least to to know your Muslim neighbors. As Islam is the fastest growing religion, you probably have more Muslim neighbors than you realize. They might be that helpful, friendly family you see from time to time. …”

        Actually, I founded my own religion yesterday. Both my girlfriend and her brother converted today. So far, my religion has a daily, monthly and yearly 200% growth so far. Can islam top that? I think not.And my religion is much better than the manual for sociopath deviants that islam is – no sex with children, no slavery, no murdering of non-believers… Perhaps you’d like to convert to it?

        As for having muslim neighbours… No thanks, I’ll pass:

        http://www.jihadwatch.org/2014/12/sydney-jihadis-neighbors-he-prayed-loudly-to-allah-and-threw-garbage-into-their-yard

        http://www.jihadwatch.org/2014/08/yazidis-say-sunni-muslim-neighbors-enabled-jihad-attack-and-joined-in

        Now go cash your CAIR paycheck and buy a goat you can hump, lying mohammedan.

        Also, is it just me or GM shares some similarities with Rezali?

    • FarmerMike says

      Feb 1, 2015 at 12:28 pm

      TruthTriumphs, like you, I straddle the spectrum some. I’m not an atheist, nor gay, but I am leftist supporter economic democracy thinkers like Gar Alperovitz. I also must defend Robert Spencer, & many on this blog, because they are defenders of human rights, childrens’ rights, freedom of speech & peaceful, rational argument,
      We need to come up with a strategy that overcomes the “Silence of the Media Lambs”, & opens the “Media No-Go Zones” to open discussions of this Islamic “Stealth Jihad” ideology of hate & domination & abuse of women & children.
      I’m thinking a class action suit against Imams, mosques, madrassas, & publishers of Korans which direct Muslim beleivers to abuse women & children, & to kill us non-believers.
      Seems to me we need to take a First Amendment stance, while also saying “No to Hate Speech.”
      True, we can always fall back on the Second Amendment.
      But I prefer the First Amendment/No Hate Speech approach, as a first step.
      What do you & others think?

  34. Ed says

    Jan 10, 2015 at 11:54 am

    What an awesome communicator Bill Maher is.

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