On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 6:27 PM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote: > Wonder if he is still supporting the murder of author Salomon Rushdie, > who had a fatwah issued against him by some muslim cleric or another > whereby Rushdie was to be killed for a book he wrote which allegedly > dissed Islam. Ol' Cat was in favor of it. He may have been a cool guy > back in the day, but he ain't now. > > He has been given several awards for his work in promoting peace in the > world, including 2003's World Award<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Award>, > the 2004 Man for Peace Award <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_for_Peace>and the 2007 Mediterranean Prize for Peace. In 2006, he returned to pop > music, with his first album of new pop songs in 28 years, entitled *An > Other Cup <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Other_Cup>*. He now goes by the > single name *Yusuf*.[4]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_Stevens#cite_note-past_present-3> > Anyone who is working that hard for peace is "cool" in my book! > Bernie Vancouver |
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