Atheist Bill Maher Slams Charlie Rose Regarding Christianity and Islam [VIDEO]

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Television host Bill Maher intensely expressed his views regarding the issue of religion around the world after Charlie Rose compared Islam to Christianity in their recent discussion.

"I saw Howard Dean on TV the other day and he said something along the order, he said the people in ISIS -- he said I'm about as Islamic as they are, you know, distancing the vast numbers of Islamic people around the world from them. That's just not true..." said Maher in a recent discussion with Rose, according to a Fox Nation News report, "There are illiberal beliefs that are held by vast numbers of Muslim people that..."

After Rose interjected and said that "A vast number of Christians too...," Maher fired back with the following remark.

"No, that's not true. Not true. Vast numbers of Christians do not believe that if you leave the Christian religion you should be killed for it. Vast numbers of Christians do not treat women as second class citizens. Vast numbers of Christians...," said Maher to Rose.

"Do not believe if you draw a picture of Jesus Christ you should get killed for it. So yes, does ISIS do Khmer Rouge-like activities where they just kill people indiscriminately who aren't just like them? Yes. And would most Muslim people in the world do that or condone that? No."

Maher further expressed his viewpoints regarding the two monotheistic religions in the aforementioned conversation.

"There was a Pew poll in Egypt done a few years ago -- 82% said, I think, stoning is the appropriate punishment for adultery. Over 80% thought death was the appropriate punishment for leaving the Muslim religion. I'm sure you know these things," said Maher.

"So to claim that this religion is like other religions is just naive and plain wrong. It is not like other religions. The New York Times pointed out in an op-ed a couple weeks ago that in Saudi Arabia just since August 4th, they think it was, they have beheaded 19 people. Most for non-violent crimes including homosexuality."

Maher continued to explain his thoughts regarding the differences between Islam and Christianity.  

"I mean in Mecca where infidels, non-Muslims, are not even allowed in the holy parts of the city. I mean, right there, we don't have that example in other religions. They do behead people. Now if they were beheading people in Vatican City, which is the equivalent of Mecca, don't you think there would be a bigger outcry about it? So this is the soft bigotry of low expectations with Muslim people. When they do crazy things and believe crazy things, somehow it's not talked about nearly as much," said Maher.

"Well you're wrong about that. The Koran absolutely has on every page stuff that's horrible about how the infidels should be treated. But for example again ISIS says that they should perform genital mutilation on all women 11-46. Would most Muslims agree with that? No. Or carry it out? No... Women are treated equally in the Muslim world? I mean, their testimony in court is very often counted as half. They need permission to leave the house in some places... But in this country, if you just use the wrong word about women, they go nuts."

'Real Time With Bill Maher' airs every Friday at 10pm EST on the HBO network.