Radio talk show host Michael Savage sued an Islamic civil rights group this week for copyright infringement over the organization’s use of a portion of his show in which he called the Quran a “book of hate.”
Savage said the Washington, D.C.-based Council on American-Islamic Relations, (CAIR), violated his rights by wrongfully using a 4-minute segment of his Oct. 29 “The Savage Nation” show in a letter-writing campaign directed against talk radio sponsors.
Audio from the show remained on CAIR’s Web site Monday.
During the broadcast, Savage described the Muslim holy book as “a throwback document” and a “book of hate.”
“What kind of religion is this? What kind of world are you living in when you let them in here with that throwback document in their hand, which is a book of hate,” Savage said during the portion of the broadcast highlighted by CAIR. “Don’t tell me I need re-education. They need deportation.”
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