Keeping a watchful eye on current events is a good thing.
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Cat "Yusuf Islam" Stevens: British foreign policy a factor in July attacks
AP ^ | Sept. 20, 2005 | AP
Posted on 09/20/2005 2:48:33 PM PDT by JellyJam
CARDIFF, Wales - British foreign policy played a role in motivating the July 7 London bombings, the singer formerly known as Cat Stevens said Tuesday.
Yusuf Islam, who had a string of pop hits in the 1960s and '70s, said an al-Qaida video claiming responsibility for the attacks and linking them to Britain's role in the Middle East showed foreign policy "was not the only factor but it was a major contributory."
"At the same time we have to look at how the teaching of Islam has been distorted," he added.
Speaking at the opening of Cardiff University's Centre for the Study of Islam in the U.K., Islam said schools should teach young Muslims the true meaning of Islam to keep them away from extremist ideas.
"Right now there is a more vital role for education to play in painting a truer picture of Islam," he said. "If you don't give it to the children in schools, anybody can give it to them on the streets or outside the normal environment for learning."
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