[Bommer]

But did they have to list Cat Stevens at the bottom of the article as "one who sees the light?" In his case, I'm thinking more of "darkness."

Actually it was money. Islam had Cat on thier bankroll for years.

[USF]

As for his motivations for joining Islam, I was thinking more along the lines of Cat Stevens problem with women (Patti D’Arbanville who dumped him for Don Johnson) and chasing the stripper Lucy Johnson (aka Princess Cheyenne) around town.

Captain America over at LGF (post #20) summed it up nicely:

In the tale of Cat Stevens I think you have a microcosm explanation for Islam, because it postulates a world where men are in complete control of women, where the fear of facing a society where women are equals and where a woman can choose or reject their mate or lovers is not permitted. And for the weak men who cannot comfortably compete for women, Islam provides the safety of an arranged marriage and the protection from losing a women to another male by hiding them away and preventing them from interacting with any potential rival for their affection.

Islam, Sharia and other Muslim traditions form a male control freak's ideal society, and the only one a social misfit like Cat Stevens could fit into. It's sad that Islam is so seductive to primitive and backward peoples, as well as to the very few who come to it from a modern society that cannot accept the fear and anxiety that allowing the freedom of choice to both men and women creates.

For some, the obligation to make individual moral choices and to compete with and for women is just too frightening. Some would rather be a "slave to Allah" where their control of women is defined and enforced by society itself and the interests of women are completely suppressed.

What thinking and caring human being, looking at all the possible options for a life, would consign any woman to the living Hell of an Islamic society?