Every so often, Comedy Central invites an outsider to The Daily Show to allow them to host one segment while they rant on a topic of their choosing in a segment they call “In My Opinion,” and Wednesday it was comedian Mo Amer’s turn. Amer chose to go after what he considered to be Islamophobia in right-wing America, but while he accused other people of using “lazy tropes” to justify bombing people, it was actually him who was lazily analyzing the situation. Amer began his conclusion by trying to argue that Muslims and Christians aren’t that different, “And that brings me to my final critique. Islamophobes, do your research! Because I have, and here it is. Muslims invented algebra, hospitals, universities, the camera, even algorithms, just to name a few! And if you right-wing Christians dislike Middle Eastern people and eating with your hands and teaching people about kindness, I have terrible news for you about Jesus.”   Mo Amer stopped by The Daily Show because Americans don't like Muslims or something, "So stop using lazy tropes to divide people so you can bomb other countries, creating even more refugees, making you more upset at Muslims in America being doctors or engineers, lawyers, or… pic.twitter.com/xyvKBZBuXy — Alex Christy (@alexchristy17) April 30, 2026   He added, “He was Middle Eastern! From Palestine. Spoke Aramaic, a Semitic language. And handed people bread with his hands! And by the way, most Muslims aren't even Arab. And most Arab-Americans are actually Christians! And while we're at it—Muslims also believe in Jesus Christ, he's mentioned in the Quran, which has an entire chapter named after his mother, Mary, and we also believe in the virgin birth.” Jesus was from Judea, but Amer kept rolling, “So stop using lazy tropes to divide people so you can bomb other countries, creating even more refugees, making you more upset at Muslims in America being doctors or engineers, lawyers, or selling you street meat out of delicious halal carts!” Ironically, Amer’s point about most Muslims not being Arab actually undermines his point. If conservatives were the caricatures he is trying to portray, American foreign policy would look very different. Amer is of Palestinian ancestry but grew up in Kuwait until his family fled when Saddam Hussein invaded in 1990. It was the United States, led by a Republican president, that liberated Kuwait while Saddam’s only friend in the world at the time was Yasser Arafat. As a response, Kuwait expelled hundreds of thousands of Palestinians after war. So, who is using “lazy tropes” now? Here is a transcript for the April 29 show: Comedy Central The Daily Show 4/29/2026 11:21 PM ET MO AMER: And that brings me to my final critique. Islamophobes, do your research! Because I have, and here it is. Muslims invented algebra, hospitals, universities, the camera, even algorithms, just to name a few! And if you right-wing Christians dislike Middle Eastern people and eating with your hands and teaching people about kindness, I have terrible news for you about Jesus. He was Middle Eastern! From Palestine. Spoke Aramaic, a Semitic language. And handed people bread with his hands! And by the way, most Muslims aren't even Arab. And most Arab-Americans are actually Christians! And while we're at it—Muslims also believe in Jesus Christ, he's mentioned in the Quran, which has an entire chapter named after his mother, Mary, and we also believe in the virgin birth. So stop using lazy tropes to divide people so you can bomb other countries, creating even more refugees, making you more upset at Muslims in America being doctors or engineers, lawyers, or selling you street meat out of delicious halal carts!