Monty Python scion John Cleese has described political correctness as “condescending” and a barrier to comedy. The comedian mused on the subject on HBO’s Real Time With Bill Maher on Friday. Cleese, who was on the show to promote his … Continue reading
The controversy over having TV host Bill Maher speak at the University of California Berkeley has taken another turn. Well, make that two. If you remember, the outspoken comedian was selected as the school’s 2014 fall commencement speaker, until students … Continue reading
TV host Bill Maher’s controversial comments about Islam have sparked a petition to remove him as the December commencement speaker at the University of California, Berkeley. The Change.org petition, which had gathered nearly 2,000 signatures by Monday afternoon, was authored … Continue reading
In a testy ten-minute exchange on “Real Time” with television host Bill Maher and author Sam Harris, Hollywood actor Ben Affleck slammed the host for commenting that Islam is the only religion that acts like the “mafia.” Along with journalist … Continue reading
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_anVKcrSAls Religious scholar Reza Aslan took some serious issue on CNN Monday night with Bill Maher‘s commentary about Islamic violence and oppression. Maher ended his show last Friday by going after liberals for being silent about the violence and oppression … Continue reading
“The problem isn’t Islam. It’s your movement to demonize Islam in the liberal left.” Rabia Chaudry calls out US comedian/TV host Bill Maher. Time, 12 May 2014 Update: See Omar Baddar, “5 things Bill Maher got wrong in latest Islam … Continue reading
Bill Maher, a self-proclaimed “9/11 Liberal” has a history of Islamophobia and anti-Arab racism, claiming falsely that Islam and Muslims are: uniquely more violent than practitioners of other faiths, the Bible is less violent than the Qur’an, there are “too many Mohammads” … Continue reading
Glenn Greenwald reports on an encounter with “liberal” Islamophobe Bill Maher. Guardian, 11 May 2013
On HBO’s “Real Time” on Friday night, host Bill Maher entertained CSU-San Bernardino professor Brian Levin, director of the Center for Study of Hate and Extremism, who maintained that despite the events in recent days, religious extremism isn’t only a … Continue reading
Jaun Cole explains why the liberal US comedian and TV host has embraced Islamophobia.