Reza Aslan Blasts Bill Maher, Media For 'Unsophisticated' Reporting On Islam

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/30/reza-aslan-bill-maher_n_5907612.html?cps=gravity

Reza Aslan has a thing or two to say about media coverage of Islam.

Speaking with CNN on Monday Aslan criticized comedian Bill Maher for characterizing female genital mutilation as an "Islamic problem," in addition to making several other sweeping generalizations about the faith.

"When it comes to the topic of religion he's not very sophisticated in the way that he thinks," Aslan said.

On Friday the comedian went on a rampage against Americans who defend Islam but criticize Christian group's homophobia. “If we’re giving no quarter to intolerance,” Maher said, “shouldn’t we be starting with the mutilators and the honor killers?"

Aslan objected to Maher's blanket rejection of Islam, saying:

"The problem is that you’re talking about a religion of one and a half billion people, and certainly it becomes very easy to just simply paint them all with a single brush."

While he called for a more nuanced approach to reporting on Islam, Aslan agreed that practices like stoning and genital mutilation "must be condemned because they don't belong in the 21st century."

[Dan and Judy 614]

yeah, He also say's the ISIS interpretation of Islam is valid.

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yeah, He also say's the ISIS interpretation of Islam is valid.

Where does he say that?

[Dan and Judy 614]

Where does he say that?

http://live.huffingtonpost.com/r/highlight/reza-aslan-on-isis-and-islam-all-interpretations-are-valid/540e112c78c90a37760001dd?cn=tbla

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http://live.huffingtonpost.com/r/highlight/reza-aslan-on-isis-and-islam-all-interpretations-are-valid/540e112c78c90a37760001dd?cn=tbla

Can you provide a better link? I can't watch that one.

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Can you provide a better link? I can't watch that one.

that's odd, it's huffington post like yours, but mine says huffpost live.

http://live.huffingtonpost.com/r/highlight/reza-aslan-on-isis-and-islam-all-interpretations-are-valid/540e112c78c90a37760001dd?cn=tbla

Im not sure how ;to do it differently

maybe you can watch it when you get home.

Edited October 8, 2014 by Dan and Judy

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that's odd, it's huffington post like yours, but mine says huffpost live.

http://live.huffingtonpost.com/r/highlight/reza-aslan-on-isis-and-islam-all-interpretations-are-valid/540e112c78c90a37760001dd?cn=tbla

Not really. I work for the government so certain things get blocked and other things get let in. I can see the website, but I can't watch the video.

It's funny. Movies.com is completely blocked and they consider it harmful. Yet this morning my IT friends are telling me about someone who's been watching porn 3 days straight on the same network. They just blocked it today. Talk about crazy.

Can't even find this on Youtube(we can access that, but not movies.com, it's driving me nuts) I'll watch when I get off work.

Edited October 8, 2014 by Su and Marvin

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Try this one

http://on.aol.com/video/reza-aslan-on-isis-and-islam--all-interpretations-are-valid-518406021

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Try this one

http://on.aol.com/video/reza-aslan-on-isis-and-islam--all-interpretations-are-valid-518406021

No dice.

Our apologies - access to the web page that you have requested, with the category: Entertainment;Audio/Video Clips has been blocked.

The site you are trying to access is: http://on.aol.com/video/reza-aslan-on-isis-and-islam--all-interpretations-are-valid-518406021

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Just watched the clip. I understand where he's coming from.

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Is he the president of the Middle East?

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Is he the president of the Middle East?

Maybe not but it's his people, you know. Him being from Kenya and all...

[Pooky 3,348]

Is he the president of the Middle East?

Maybe it's because the US keeps promising/threatening to send guns over there.

If guns are not the answer here, why should anywhere else be different? Proliferation just helps sustain the killing.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/30/reza-aslan-bill-maher_n_5907612.html?cps=gravity

Reza Aslan has a thing or two to say about media coverage of Islam.

Speaking with CNN on Monday Aslan criticized comedian Bill Maher for characterizing female genital mutilation as an "Islamic problem," in addition to making several other sweeping generalizations about the faith.

"When it comes to the topic of religion he's not very sophisticated in the way that he thinks," Aslan said.

On Friday the comedian went on a rampage against Americans who defend Islam but criticize Christian group's homophobia. “If we’re giving no quarter to intolerance,” Maher said, “shouldn’t we be starting with the mutilators and the honor killers?"

Aslan objected to Maher's blanket rejection of Islam, saying:

"The problem is that you’re talking about a religion of one and a half billion people, and certainly it becomes very easy to just simply paint them all with a single brush."

While he called for a more nuanced approach to reporting on Islam, Aslan agreed that practices like stoning and genital mutilation "must be condemned because they don't belong in the 21st century."

That damn Bill Maher. Speaking out against the religious practice of genital mutilation. What was he thinking