Bill Maher Asks Why Islam Gets a Different Standard Than Christianity. Bill Maher: “Keith Ellison, isn’t the treatment of Muslims in America the last frontier of racism? I’d say Muslims and atheists.” Keith Ellison: “From time to time, we just pick a new person to persecute and scapegoat.” Bill... Maher: “But even Muslims are above atheists because they are people of faith.” Keith Ellison: “Muslims didn’t do it. Some homicidal maniacs did.” Bill Maher: “In the name of Islam.” Keith Ellison: “What does it matter that they invoked the religion? Anders Breivik slaughtered 70 people. I don’t hold Christians responsible for that.” Bill Maher: “That’s naive. The hate comes from the holy book.” Barney Frank: “When people misuse something you believe in and invoke it, you do have a responsibility to be critical of them. And that’s true of Islam, Judaism, Christianity and Hinduism.” Keith Ellison: “Fundamentalists who believe they can kill to make you believe them are the problem. People of faith, I don’t think, are.” Bill Maher: “Muslims, of course, are not terrorists. But I’ve found a lot of reasonable, moderate Muslims who, if you ask them whether someone who insults the Prophet has it coming if they get injured, will say yes.” Keith Ellison: “Well, I say no.” Bill Maher argues that religious extremism deserves to be confronted, while Keith Ellison and Barney Frank push back against blaming an entire faith for the actions of extremists. The argument ultimately comes down to whether the problem is religion itself or fundamentalists who use religion to justify violence.show more

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