. Obeidallah : Bill Maher is becoming infamous for bashing Islamic religion . Others : Kristof was right . Maher has made a number of anti - Muslim comments that some call racist . Painting all Muslims by the most extreme of our faith is wrong and reckless , he says . Obeidallah : Just because he is progressive does not excuse his stance on this issue .
. Obeidallah : Bill Maher is becoming infamous for bashing Islamic religion . Others : Maher has made a number of anti - Muslim comments that some call racist . Painting all Muslims by the most extreme of our faith is wrong and reckless , he says . Obeidallah : Just because he is progressive does not excuse his stance on this issue .