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Originally posted by Lurch@Sep 22 2004, 02:22 PM
Is it just me, or is Cat Stevens accused of exercising his right to free speech? I haven't followed this at all, but what exactly is his crime that he was banned from the US? Also, what is his nationality? I guess if he is not American, it's not quite as ridiculous as it appears. However, to label him a security threat seems over the edge - I guess the Dixie Chicks are next.
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Even Cat Stevens wouldn't deny that he was something of a "hard" convert to Islam, a veritable hard nut, a radical.
As noted in the original post starting this thread:
He embraced his new religion with a zeal common in converts, and signed on to many of its political trappings. In the 1980's, he supported the death sentence issued against author Salman Rushdie; during the Persian Gulf war he spoke sympathetically of his "Muslim brother", Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.
There might be more. Is that enough? Or not?
He is a USA citizen I believe.
Great singer. I taped a 1970's BBC performance of his a few months ago.
Cowperson