claim: says female genital mutilation is "a central african problem," not an islamic problem, as bill maher suggested.
author: reza aslan
evidence_1: oct 9, 2014 ... last friday, controversy-generator bill maher made some remarks on his hbo  show that suggested that liberals ... several outlets joined in to decry maher,  saying his attack on islam ... aslan cited statistics about how female genital  mutilation is not a muslim-country problem but a central african problem.
evidence_2: oct 21, 2014 ... aslan had claimed female genital mutilation is not "an islamic problem," as bill  maher suggested on his hbo show, but a "a central african problem. ... countries  egypt and somalia, aslan said: "it's a central african problem.
evidence_3: sep 30, 2014 ... it's a central african problem. eritrea has almost 90 percent female genital  mutilation. ... i think that bill maher's point is that these aren't extremists. ... aslan : you know, but this is the problem, is that these kinds of conversations that we're  ... maher: president obama keeps insisting that isis is not islamic.
evidence_4: oct 9, 2014 ... in a monologue, maher said that when muslim nations suppress political ... it's not  cool rush limbaugh called somebody a slut. ... african problem," not an islamic  problem, as bill maher suggested. ... and mislabeled female genital mutilation an  islamic problem. "it's a central african problem," aslan said.
evidence_5: sep 30, 2014 ... hbo's bill maher accused of lack of religious sophistication ... bill maher after the  hbo comedian on friday night said this, among ... the scholar noted that the  problem of female circumcision is a “central african problem,” and not a muslim ...  the best comments and conversations at the washington post, ...