Ben Affleck gets into heated debate with Bill Maher over Islam

September 26, 2014. Actor Ben Affleck attends the 52nd New York Film Festival opening night gala presentation of the movie "Gone Girl" at Alice Tully Hall in New York. (Reuters)

The conversation got heated on the most recent episode of “Real Time with Bill Maher” when Ben Affleck got into a spirited debate with the outspoken host over radical Islam, reports Rob Shuter of Naughtybutnicerob.com.

Author Sam Harris opened up the conversation when he opined, "The crucial point of confusion is that we have been sold this meme of Islamophobia where every criticism of the doctrine of Islam gets confused with where every criticism of the doctrine of Islam gets conflated with bigotry towards Muslims as people. That is intellectually ridiculous."

The “Gone Girl” actor then asked, “Hold on — are you the person who officially understands the codified doctrine of Islam?" He continues with, "(Your characterization) is gross and racist. It's like saying, 'Oh, you shifty Jew!"

Later Maher said, “It's 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."

"What is your solution? That we condemn Islam?" Ben retorted. "We've killed more Muslims than they've killed us by an awful lot, and we've invaded more Islamic nations. But we're exempted from these things?"