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crimes to Judaism or the Old Testament. After all, what claim do Jews
have to Palestine, if it wasnt for the Old Testament, which the Jews wrote
with their own hands and then ascribed it to God, claiming that
Palestine belongs to them? An atheist would denounce the very existence
of Israel, considering its existence is almost entirely ascribed to a religious
promise found in a religious book.
A mediocre comedian, Maher landed a late-night show on HBO
instead of a major mainstream television station. Ive frequently watched
his show and its embarrassing how he often struggles to make his
audience laugh at his jokes. Even when they laugh, it is a light laugh as if
theyre just being polite. Knowing that his jokes, and how he tells them,
are unexceptional, Maher spices up his jokes with foul words; he
compensates for his humorless nature by usually using the F word.
Lately, he has found another way to, so he thinks, make people tune
into him by using: the I word. Attack Islam like others, and maybe his
ratings will go up, even if a little, and even if only for a short time. This is
consistent with his life struggle, his jihad, that is, to stay on some channel,
no matter the price others have to pay for his ambition.
When one faces the menopausal stage of his uninspiring comedian
life, when even the most-faithful audience struggles (make jihad) to laugh
at ones jokes, one attacks Islam to recapture ratings and audience.
Meanwhile, Israel has killed more civilian Palestinians than all jihadi
groups combined- managed to kill of Muslims and non-Muslims. Does
this move the atheist Jew? An atheist and a Jew, really!
Bill Maher in Brief
1. Claims to be an atheist:
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ORpiAc1f_A);
But, denies the established fact that atheism is a religion.
Atheism is a belief, a creed, just as religion is a belief, a creed.
Religion is: an interest, a belief, or an activity that is very important to a
person or group (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/religion).
There are countless religions in the world all believing in something or
someone: no god, one god, multiple gods, the devil, multiple devils,
cows, rats, snakes, stones, trees, graves, men, women, dead men, dead
Agreed! How can a religion that clearly prohibits the killing of noncombatant men, women and children, be compared to a religion that
specifically orders this, When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight
against it, then proclaim peace unto it. And if it make thee answer of
peace then all the people therein shall be tributaries (slaves) unto
thee, and they shall serve thee. And if it will make no peace with thee, but
will make war against thee, then thou shalt smite every male thereof
with the edge of the sword. But the women, and the little ones, and the
cattle, and all that is in the city all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take
unto thyself. (Deuteronomy 20:10-4)
The jihadis couldnt have been reading a book, the Quran, that orders
this, {Fight in the way of Allh those who fight you, but transgress not the
limits; Truly, Allh likes not the transgressors} (2:190), sent to a prophet,
Muhammad peace be on him, who forbade killing women and children
(Bukhari and Muslim). Scholar As-Sa`di said, The prohibition of
committing aggression [in ayah (Quranic statement) 2:190 above] entails
all types of aggression, including killing non-combatants, such as women,
the insane, children, monks, and so forth mutilation of the dead
killing of animals, cutting down trees and similar acts (Tafsir As-Sa`di).
However, the jihadis may have been reading a book that says, Thus
saith the Lord Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that
they have spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and
suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass (I Samuel 15:2-3); a book that
claims this about a prophet, Moses: And they smote all the souls
therein with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them: there was
not any left to breathe and burnt Hazor (a city in Palestine) with fire.
As the Lord commanded Moses his servant, so did Moses command
Joshua so did Joshua. (Joshua 11:12)
Lets not forget the terrible atrocities being committed against
Muslims by the followers and religious leaders of Buddhism, such as in
Burma, and Hinduism, such as in India. True, not all religions are the
same.
4. Rallies liberals to stand up to Islam'
(http://eaglerising.com/13702/bill-maher-tells-liberals-wake-fight-backislam/).
What can a few liberals do against Islam which 1400 years of Jewish
and Christian slander, resistance, open warfare, extreme violence against
the entire religion and its followers, couldnt do? Empty words uttered by
a true Jew who claims to be an atheist.
5. A bigot: New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof, who was also
a guest on last week's show, attempted to make that very point. Kristof,
who was interrupted before finishing his thought, remarked about
Maher's comments on Islam: This does have a tinge a little bit of how
white racists talk about African-Americans. Kristof was right. How can
Maher not see that he's mimicking that same type of hateful mindset?
(http://edition.cnn.com/2014/10/07/opinion/obeidallah-maher-muslimcomments/)
Maher sees it, but he doesnt care as long as he can get a few rating
points, a few laughs, for a few humorless jokes he makes about the largest
religion on earth.
6. Weed-lover: Say you are Muslim. And you love love love you
some Islam. Its what uplifts you and inspires you and you cant imagine
your life without it or why everyone else doesnt love it too. Believe me I
get that, thats how I feel about weed. But when someone criticizes weed,
I think, good, more for me, not off with their head.
(http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jan/17/bill-maher-liberalbullying-on-islam-debate-makes-/#ixzz3T9amqfZu)
Such an intelligent discussion, coming from someone who earns his
living from being a clown! Weed makes people lose track of their life,
sidestep their human consciousness, escape reality, act foolishly and
dishonorably, suspend their mental ability, become disoriented, talknonsense, appear -as in fact they are- stoned; sort of like Bill Maher on a
good day. Islam ordains monotheism, which ordains fulfilling the rights
of the Creator and then the rights of creation, and enjoins prayer, fast,
compassion, kindness, charity, patience, keeping ties with parents and
relatives, truthfulness, and severe punishment for violent criminals, such
as modern-day jihadis who intentionally direct their indiscriminate
violence at Muslims and non-combatant non-Muslims.
Giuliani had his moment when he refused to take a check from Saudi
prince, Al-Waleed Ibn Talal, after 911, as if Al-Waleed had anything to do
with Islamic extremism, or with 911. Al-Waleeds associations and
practices make even Al-Waleeds own brother, the religious Prince
Khalid, publicly disagree with Al-Waleeds practices and dealings. For
example, Al-Waleed partnered with Michael Jackson. Therefore, it is not
possible he would be considered an, Eezlamist. Nevertheless, Rudy
wanted to prove his patriotism, his loyalty to his country, by refusing to
take blood money, or so the money was described.
(http://www.cbsnews.com/news/10-million-nyc-says-no-thanks/)
(http://nymag.com/news/intelligencer/30661/)
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2. To look good, and to punish foes, he had some people arrested then,
for lack of evidence, had charges dropped on their high-profile criminal
cases, rather than go to trial.
(http://www.nytimes.com/1995/08/06/books/junk-bondage.html)
3.
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(http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/01/nyregion/01kerik.html?n=Top%2FReference%2FTim
es%20Topics%2FSubjects%2FO%2FOrganized%20Crime)
4. While married, Rudy had an affair, that is, committed adultery, with
a married woman. In Christian culture such a woman is called, mistress.
Later, he married his mistress, i.e., his ex-adultery partner. Meanwhile,
Rudy says that Islam is sick! Well, Islam prohibits adultery; Islam is clean;
adultery is sick; Rudy commits adultery; Rudy is sick.
(http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/05/us/politics/05judith.html?pagewanted=all)
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Is it Islam or Muslims?
Zakariya says that Islam has a problem today, then says, The places
that have trouble accommodating themselves to the modern world are
disproportionately Muslim.
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/fareed-zakaria-islam-has-a-problem-rightnow-but-heres-why-bill-maher-is-wrong/2014/10/09/b6302a14-4fe6-11e4-aa5e7153e466a02d_story.html)
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used to represent Islam even though he admits he finds the role of token
Muslim explainer in the American media slightly uncomfortable.
(http://www.villagevoice.com/2005-08-09/news/the-interpreter/)
The world of Islam is not Zakarias; he says that. He also says that he
knows the world of Islam, a religion that is based on knowledge, in a way
that one cant get through reading, meaning, without gaining knowledge
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A Professional Plagiarizer
3. Enigmatic media critics @crushingbort and @blippoblappo say
theyve found more examples of Fareed Zakaria lifting material from
other texts. The purportedly purloined passages, they say, appear in
Zakarias 2008 book The Post-American World and in Newsweek and
Foreign Affairs cover stories. On more than a number of occasions,
Zakaria has taken entire paragraphs from the authors and shifted them
around in an apparent attempt to avoid detection, they write.
(http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/265229/fareed-zakaria-gets-even-moreplagiarism-accusations/)
5. Has troubles in his marriage, but has not yet blamed Islam for his
troubles. We dont want to dwell on stories of affairs, i.e., adultery, or
Zakariya being a wine lover.
(http://odssf.com/biography/fareed-zakaria)
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do not represent the religion. They don't. But Muslims need to take more
active measures to protest these heinous acts. They also need to make
sure that Muslim countries and societies do not in any way condone
extremism, anti-modern attitudes and intolerance towards other faiths.
Muslims are right to complain that there is anti-Muslim bigotry out there.
But they would have a more persuasive case if they took on some of the
bigotry within the world of Islam as well.
(http://edition.cnn.com/2014/10/26/opinion/zakaria-islam-problem/)
For decades, Muslim scholars and politicians, Islamic centers all over
the world, authors, groups, individuals, and devastated areas under jihadi
rule, have denounced the indiscriminate violence of modern-day jihadis
that has brought them more harm than any other community. Western
media, governments, religious institutions, and public dont and wont
hear them. Western media has also shut true Muslims out completely,
leaving token Muslims to speak for Islam, a religion token Muslims do
not know. Muslims keep repeating the same thing, but the West and an
arrogant plagiarizer keep demanding more action, more apologies.
In addition, since Zakariya says that It is not enough for Muslims to
point out that these people do not represent the religion; they don't, then
why insist that Islam has a problem if said people do not represent Islam
to begin with? If he says, Islam has a problem: Muslims, then we would
agree in that many Muslims today represent a problem for Islam because
they dont want to learn Islam, practice it properly, or teach it to their
own-selves, families or others.
However, steadily, Zakariya aims to reform Islam according to his
ideas and instinct. Yet, he doesnt want to reform his beloved world of
Christianity, especially in the West, especially the immense oppression of
Islam and Muslims, the widespread ridicule of Islam and Muslims, and
using the media to attack Islam in a massive way, without allowing
Muslims a slight chance to defend or at least explain Islam. Let alone the
attack on Islam in every way possible by Christian churches, Christian
media, and Christian conservatives and liberals in government and other
political institutions, which has been going on since before the Crusades.
Zakariya blatantly exaggerates by claiming that the world of Islam
has bigotry within it. Bigotry, within the world of Islam; really! Lets not
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