In 2014, Bill Maher and pro-Palestinian Rula Jebreal had a heated exchange about Islam. Rula Jebreal: Would you accept an openly anti-Semitic person to give a commencement speech to Jewish students? Bill Maher: Even Reza Aslan says I'm not a bigot, so I resent the idea that I'm comparable to an anti-Semite. Bill Maher: Every time I say something you don't like, suddenly it's not a serious conversation or I'm a bigot. Bill Maher: I know that in many places around the world, if you left your religion, there would be consequences.