Rula
Jebreal: Would you accept an openly anti-Semitic person to give a
commencement speech to Jewish students? I actually would not.
Bill
Maher: Even Reza Aslan says I'm not a bigot, so I resent the idea that
I'm comparable to an anti-Semite. All I've ever done is read facts.
Rula Jebreal: What facts? You never invited... I'm sorry, Bill.
You're
comparing Jihadists, Salafists, Sunnis... You don't know the
difference. You're putting all Muslims into one bucket, including
secular Muslims. And when you talk about them that way, Bill, it's
offensive.
Bill Maher: But it's okay to be offensive.
Sen. Angus King: That's what free speech is all about. If free speech is only speech you like, it's not free speech.
Rula Jebreal: He was invited to give a commencement speech, not a debate. If you want a debate, I'll gladly join you anywhere.
Sen. Angus. King: He was invited to be a commencement speaker, and then people didn't like what he said.
Bill Maher: Can you be gay in Gaza? And live?
Rula Jebreal: Yes, you can. Absolutely. You're comparing the majority of Muslim countries to places like Saudi Arabia.
Bill Maher: Is there a gay bar in Gaza?
Rula
Jebreal: I travel the Middle East. This is what I do for a living.
You're comparing all Muslim societies as if they're the same.
Gen.
Wesley Clark: I think this is really about whether someone can be
invited to give a speech. People may agree or disagree, but that's the
American system. People should be allowed to speak.
Rula Jebreal: The Muslim community in this country is being treated like a fifth column, and they're not.
They
feel threatened, they're underrepresented in the media and politics,
and you never invite them here to discuss these issues.
Bill Maher: Never invite them? You're here. Reza is here. They're here all the time.
Rula Jebreal: On these issues.
Bill
Maher: Every time I say something you don't like, suddenly it's not a
serious conversation or I'm a bigot. That doesn't work for me.
Rula Jebreal: I don't want a war on Islam. I want to win the war on terror.
But when you repeat the same things Al-Qaeda used to say—that this is a war on Islam—you're doing their work for them.
My father was Muslim. He was Sufi. You don't even know the difference between Sufi, Sunni Shafi'i, or Sunni Hanbali.
Bill Maher: Yeah, I do.
Rula Jebreal: For you, we're all Jihadists.
Bill Maher: I know that in many places around the world, if you left your religion, there would be consequences.
Would it be okay for someone to say, "You know what? I'm a Presbyterian today?"
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