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This tree will shoot you.
HBO's Bill Maher had a message for Muslims on his show Friday night: Get out of "the Western world."
Maher noted the news that Mohammed (when its various spellings are combined) is the year's most popular baby name in the United Kingdom. He said:
Am I a racist to feel alarmed by that? Because I am. And its not because of the race, its because of the religion. I dont have to apologize, do I, for not wanting the Western world to be taken over by Islam in 300 years? ... I should be alarmed, and I don't apologize for it.
One guest, MSNBC host Lawrence O'Donnell, responded that Maher's statement was "worse" than Juan Williams' admission of his fears of people wearing Muslim clothes on airplanes. And the writer Reihan Salam responded:
As a Reihan Salam, I'm pretty comfortable with Mohammeds. I have some uncles named Mohammed and I think that they're pretty decent guys.
None of this is particularly surprising coming from Maher, who, while he likes to present himself as an equal opportunity religion-basher (see his movie "Religulous"), has long singled out Muslims (and, for that matter, Arabs).
Bill Maher to Muslims: Go away - War Room - Salon.com
I may not be fond of Bill Maher, but on this I totally agree with him.