A televangelist who harshly criticizes other religions said Friday his late-night program was pulled off the air because of pressure from a Muslim group.

Officials from the Council on American Islamic Relations this month wrote the TV station’s owners asking for an investigation of the show it broadcasts, “Live Prayer With Bill Keller.”

In a May 2 broadcast, Keller said Islam was a “1,400-year-old lie from the pits of hell” and called the prophet Muhammad a “murdering pedophile.”

He also called the Qur’an a “book of fables and a book of lies.”

Keller, a regular guest on satellite radio’s “Howard Stern Show,” is critical of many religions.

He regularly refers to the Mormon church as a cult and told readers of his online column that a vote for presidential candidate Mitt Romney, a Mormon, “is a vote for Satan.”