Bill Maher’s outspoken criticism of Islam and his recent declaration that he didn’t want to discuss it anymore seemed to be outweighed by his wish to cement his point on Friday’s “Real Time with Bill Maher.”
He said during the panel discussion that a woman in Pakistan who recently was sentenced to death for blasphemy.
“So, yeah, Sam Harris and I were way off on that,” Maher said, in a reference to his previous criticism of Islam.
British politician David Miliband, a guest on the show, countered by arguing that “it’s one thing to take on a religion, the other thing is to take on the people who are abusing the religion. Those are two very different things.”
“But if that’s popular with the people, they’re not that different,” Maher said.
When asked by Miliband if he’d ever been to Pakistan, Maher said: “Never, nor will I.”
“When they open up a lesbian art gallery, I’ll go there,” Maher said.
