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Cat Stevens Still Barred From U.S.
Yahoo! ^ | January 6, 2004 | AP

Posted on 01/07/2005 6:45:07 PM PST by Land_of_Lincoln_John

WASHINGTON - The singer formerly known as Cat Stevens is still barred from entering the United States because of terror intelligence that identifies him as a security threat.

"The intelligence is the same. The reasons we rejected him several months ago still exist in my mind," Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge said Thursday of Yusuf Islam, the "Peace Train" singer who largely gave up music after converting to Islam in the late 1970s.

Yusuf Islam was removed from a London-to-Washington flight in September because of suspected links to terrorists — a claim he has strongly denied.

In November, he was awarded the "Man for Peace" prize in Rome by former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who praised him for charity work and standing by his convictions despite personal hardships.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: catstevens; gorbachev; homelandsecurity; mikhailgorbachev; yusufislam
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Yusuf Islam aka Cat Stevens


1 posted on 01/07/2005 6:45:07 PM PST by Land_of_Lincoln_John
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To: Land_of_Lincoln_John

Keep him out.


2 posted on 01/07/2005 6:45:53 PM PST by The Teen Conservative
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To: Land_of_Lincoln_John
Good. Keep it that way.
3 posted on 01/07/2005 6:46:49 PM PST by b4its2late (Liberals are good examples of why some animals eat their young.)
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To: The Teen Conservative

Good riddance.


4 posted on 01/07/2005 6:46:53 PM PST by pitinkie (revenge will be sweet)
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To: Land_of_Lincoln_John
I prefer to remember him this way:


5 posted on 01/07/2005 6:48:13 PM PST by Pharmboy (Listen...you can still hear the old media sobbing.)
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To: b4its2late

"Good. Keep it that way."

Stop letting your bigotry show through, b4its2late. I know it's hard to be open-minded, but please, please try. Stop knee jerking in the usual conservative fashion. :)


6 posted on 01/07/2005 6:49:34 PM PST by writer33 (The U.S. Constitution defines a conservative.)
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To: The Teen Conservative

"Keep him out."

Don't you think it's a bit early in life to be so bigoted? Stop the knee jerking paleoconservatism, please. :)


7 posted on 01/07/2005 6:50:58 PM PST by writer33 (The U.S. Constitution defines a conservative.)
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To: writer33

Jihad train sounding louder ride on the jihad train....


8 posted on 01/07/2005 6:51:06 PM PST by Schwaeky (and they will tremble again, at the sound of our silence..)
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To: Land_of_Lincoln_John

Looks like an English UBL.


9 posted on 01/07/2005 6:51:37 PM PST by Bombardier (Jihad, Nazism....Umma, Deutsches Reich.....no diff.)
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To: Land_of_Lincoln_John

Did he change his name to Muhammed yet ?


10 posted on 01/07/2005 6:52:25 PM PST by John Lenin
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To: Schwaeky

Oh, baby, baby
It's a Wild World.

I guess that applies to this scenario then too.


11 posted on 01/07/2005 6:52:29 PM PST by writer33 (The U.S. Constitution defines a conservative.)
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To: writer33

The guy (Cat) is a terrorist-lover, for heaven's sake. Because of his previous life, he can attract followers, and that make him extremely dangerous.


12 posted on 01/07/2005 6:52:31 PM PST by BobL
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To: Land_of_Lincoln_John

Does anyone know what religion Cat Stevens was before he gave it all up for islam? Just wondering ... thanks.


13 posted on 01/07/2005 6:52:35 PM PST by Ken522
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To: Land_of_Lincoln_John

One of my favorites:

I'm looking for a hard headed woman,
One who will take me for myself,
And if I find my hard headed woman,
I will need nobody else, no, no.

I'm looking for a hard headed woman,
One who will make me do my best,
And if I find my hard headed woman
I know the rest of my life will be blessed -- yes, yes, yes.

I know a lot of fancy dancers,
people who can glide you on a floor,
They move so smooth but have no answers.
When you ask "Why'd you come here for?"
"I don't know" "Why?"

I know many fine feathered friends
but their friendliness depends on how you do.
They know many sure fired ways
to find out the one who pays
and how you do.

I'm looking for a hard headed woman,
One who will make me feel so good,
And if I find my hard headed woman,
I know my life will be as it should -- yes, yes, yes.

I'm looking for a hard headed woman,
One who will make me do my best,
And if I find my hard headed woman...


14 posted on 01/07/2005 6:52:36 PM PST by Pharmboy (Listen...you can still hear the old media sobbing.)
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To: Land_of_Lincoln_John

I really liked his music and was very pissed off when he gave it all up for I-slam. Damn fool.


15 posted on 01/07/2005 6:53:19 PM PST by dc-zoo
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To: BobL

I know, Bob. I was using sarcasm here. B4 knows that for sure.

He can stay out as far as I'm concerned.


16 posted on 01/07/2005 6:53:39 PM PST by writer33 (The U.S. Constitution defines a conservative.)
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To: dennisw; Alouette; Yehuda; Lijahsbubbe; dighton

Yusef Islam has a crescent moon shadow hanging over him.


17 posted on 01/07/2005 6:54:19 PM PST by Thinkin' Gal
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To: Ken522

Frisbeeterian. They believe that when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and you can't get it down.


18 posted on 01/07/2005 6:54:46 PM PST by REDWOOD99
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To: Land_of_Lincoln_John

Didn't he donate tons of money to the Hamas?


19 posted on 01/07/2005 6:54:56 PM PST by Nataku X (There are no converts in Islam... only hostages.)
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To: writer33

Funny that the "Peace Train" man would hook up with such a violent religion.


20 posted on 01/07/2005 6:55:16 PM PST by John Lenin
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