Funny man Bill Maher, on his show Real Time with Bill Maher, said he's scared of a hot new trend in Britain: naming babies Mohammed. That's the most popular name for a baby boy there now, and Maher is "alarmed."

"Am I a racist to feel alarmed by that?" Maher asks his guests. "Because I am. And it's not because of the race, it's because of the religion. I don't have to apologize, do I, for not wanting the Western world to be taken over by Islam in 300 years?" Oh Jesus, come on Bill. It's one thing to have a Hitchens-esque hatred of religion, but fearmongering ala Fox News is just ridiculous (née, religulous?). Here's the clip:

[via Mediaite]

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