Nicholas Kristof Still Disagrees With Bill Maher On Radical Islam

Nicholas Kristof was sitting next to Ben Affleck in October of 2014 as the actor famously sparred with Bill Maher over the principles of radical Islam. When Affleck accused Maher of being “racist” and “gross” for claiming radical Islam is “the only religion that acts like the mafia, that will f–king kill you if you say the wrong thing, draw the wrong picture or write the wrong book,” Kristof announced that he agreed with the “Batman” actor, corroborating the sentiment in his New York Times column shortly thereafter.

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