In a discussion with a caller he later described as an “ordinary Muslim,” on the April 24 edition of his nationally syndicated radio program, Michael Savage declared that, based on the caller's views about the war in Iraq and fading phone signal, he must have been using a cell phone “made over there in a bomb factory in the Gaza strip.” Savage also said that "[a]ll Aljazeera outlets should be blown up in the United States of America by the federal government." He later asked, “How come you don't hear about there's a billion Christians that could be marshaled to defend Western civilization?” Savage concluded that Christians are failing to “stand up” because “liberalism has perverted Christianity.”

From the April 24 edition of Talk Radio Network's The Savage Nation:

SAVAGE: Chicago, [caller], you're on The Savage Nation. Go ahead, please.

CALLER: Hi Michael, I just want to say you don't indict a global faith for the actions of some individuals.

SAVAGE: Now, I've heard that homily before, so, perhaps, you could help me and those listening to this show by answering this question. Why is it that your faith of Islam is so easily misinterpreted to permit suicide bombings and other acts that are outside the can of human behavior?

CALLER: You see, it's not misinterpreted, it's actually, some individuals who, in their minds, are righting a wrong, which we all agree about, and the --

SAVAGE: Wait, what do you mean righting a wrong with which we all agree about? So, you agree with them?

CALLER: No, I don't agree with them, of course, but, I do agree that some things, for instance, you know, the Iraq war, the Afghanistan, so many other things --

SAVAGE: So, you were in favor of the Taliban in Afghanistan, I see.

CALLER: I am not.

SAVAGE: You like the Taliban blowing up Buddhist statues that are 1,300 years old and keeping women out of jobs. Is that your idea of an Islamic state?

CALLER: No, you are missing my point, Michael.

SAVAGE: Well, you just said that it's -- that we -- we did something wrong in Afghanistan. How? By liberating the Afghanistan -- the Afghani people? Please interpret for me what you just said because it makes no sense.

CALLER: OK, this is just what I'm trying to tell you here. The invasion of Iraq, OK? You have so many Americans, including myself, who are, you know, against it --

SAVAGE: What do you mean? You keep saying, “you know.” I don't know. What? Because you suddenly found the voice in [Sen.] Ted Kennedy [D-MA] and the liberals who hate Bush, you think that everybody in America thinks it was a mistake to topple Saddam Hussein? So, you were a fan of Saddam Hussein?

CALLER: You see, you're putting, you know, putting words --

SAVAGE: You can't have it both ways. You cannot have it both ways. You tell me that you are a -- you hate America because we invaded Afghanistan and Iraq. That's what you just said. But you're telling me on the other hand, you don't agree with those who are chanting, “Zionists, you will pay. The wrath of Allah is on its way. The mushroom cloud is on its way. The real holocaust is on its way.” You like those words?

CALLER: Michael, if I -- somebody came here and --

SAVAGE: I just, wait -- wait -- wait. No. Answer my question. Don't play Philadelphia lawyer with me. Do you want a mushroom cloud here in America? Do you want a holocaust in America?

CALLER: I don't, Michael. You see --

SAVAGE: How would I know that? Why do you say it with such a patronizing pained “Michael”? How would I know that? You were -- suddenly, you shifted gears pretty quick. Two minutes ago, you were sympathetic, saying that we all agree with the wrongs that have been done to the Muslim world. I am so sick of hearing about wrongs done to the Muslim world! Don't you understand it's a bunch of crap!

CALLER: Let me tell you. This is some of the wrong. If -- if someone tries to come here and overthrow our government, would you -- would you agree to that? Of course, you wouldn't. If someone came and killed half of your family members --

SAVAGE: You're breaking up, I'm afraid you'll have to use an American cell phone, not the one given to you by your controller made over there in a bomb factory in the Gaza strip. So, there we have another one, a fellow traveler, and let's assume that he's just another ordinary Muslim.

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SAVAGE: Today, of course, three bombings hit the Egyptian beach resort popular with foreigners killing at least 21, wounding 60 -- that means probably 100 people are going to die over time. Now, this is a day after OBL [Osama bin Laden] issued a tape warning against Westerners which was disseminated by the hate filled Aljazeera, which should be, as far as I'm concerned, blown up. All Aljazeera outlets should be blown up in the United States of America by the federal government. The FBI should immediately get warrants go in there and rip the wiring out of their facilities and arrest everybody in Aljazeera. You know, this is like saying, we're in the pre-stages of war with Nazi Germany -- it's 1939 -- and the Nazis have an outlet in America called Deutschland ueber Alles [German national anthem] and they have a network that they can disseminate Hitler's ideas to America and we're sitting here saying, “Well, it's freedom of speech. We're a nation of immigrants. It's freedom of religion” -- all of the shibboleths of the left.

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SAVAGE: I had a long talk with a friend that I admire very much yesterday. He's a very deep conservative, gives a lot of money to conservative causes, but he's very -- he's very frustrated. He looks ahead and he says, “They're going to win.” I say, what do you mean they're going to win? I said we know what nations are the nation state sponsors of these suicide bombers. We know they're Iran, we know they're Syria, we know they're Saudi Arabia. We all know that. I said, there's (sic) very simple solutions.

You got to wipe the nests out at the top. Take the head of the snake out, and suddenly, the bombs stop. He says but there's a billion some odd -- 100 million of them. I said, yeah, well there's (sic) over a billion Christians. How come you don't hear about there's (sic) a billion Christians that could be marshaled to defend Western civilization? Why is nobody telling the Christians to stand up and survive, or they're going to disappear, or their children will become slaves, or be forcibly converted? Why? Well, there's (sic) a million answers. The number one answer is because liberalism has perverted Christianity. Liberalism has perverted every religion on this planet. Liberalism is a cancer. Liberalism is a virus. Liberalism is a mental disorder. We are at war and we know it.