Quel surprise!
Posted on 09/24/2006 3:36:45 PM PDT by Screamname
LONDON, England (AFP) - Yusuf Islam, the British singer known as Cat Stevens before his conversion to Islam, added to the criticism of Pope Benedict XVI's recent remarks about the religion.
Islam, known for his 1970s hits including "Father And Son" and "Wild World," said that the pope quoting from a medieval text which attacks some of the Prophet Mohammed's teachings as "evil and inhuman" showed the pontiff was not infallible.
Roman Catholic theology says that the pope cannot err in teachings on faith or morals.
In an interview with BBC television, Islam said that he went to a Catholic school, "so at one point I used to believe that the Pope was infallible."
But he added that the pope's comments on Islam showed he was fallible,
"because of the kind of interpretation he had of Islam, he should read Gandhi and find out what he said about Islam," the singer said, adding that the Indian leader had a more peaceful interpretation of the faith.
The pontiff "should have looked elsewhere if he wanted to quote but we respect the Pope and his position -- I do believe he has retracted in a way that statement and that's all to the good."
The pope's comments sparked outrage around the Muslim world and he has now said he was "deeply sorry" for the reaction they caused.
Perhaps Britain's most famous Muslim, 58-year-old Islam became a Muslim in 1977 after a near-death experience and is now a children's charity campaigner.
In 2004, Islam was on a flight from London to the United States which was diverted when he was found to be on a no-fly list. He was detained by US security officials before being sent back to Britain.
The music star said he has had "no explanation" for the incident but says he is now welcomed when he travels to the United States.
He also spoke out against Muslim extremism after British Home Secretary John Reid last week was barracked by a protestor, saying: "When a person actually doesn't abide by the basic etiquettes of Islamic life and behaviour, you can't blame Islam, you have to look at the individual."
sCat Stevens ripped off one of his hits "Morning has Broken" right out the Hymnal. What a POS!
Hey Cat, kiss my as*!
Quel surprise!
Shrug.
Everybody knows that terrorist hate good people.
Terrorist and terrorist supporters only critise people who hate terrorism.
Don't hate him. Pity him and his misguided soul.
Hey, Ali-Catto al Skyhook,
WHO CARES WHAT YOU THINK?
;^)
Let me guess, Palestinian children bombers?
Wasn't the Gordon Lightfoot rammed by the Cat Stevens on Lake Superior?
"a children's charity campaigner."
Raising money for exploding belts, Cat?
Shut up and sing!
That's just TOO funny!
Roflmbo!!
I turn the radio off when one of his songs comes on.
ick.
For added reference on Cat Stevens, the Islamist here's a column from 2004:
http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/004/667bkgnr.asp
I think that soon after Stevens was denied entry into the USA, I saw
a line in a Los Angeles Times article about an Islamic from Morocco that
was wanted for supporting various terrorist actions.
Buried in the middle of the article was a "by the way" mention that
Cat Stevens was buddies with this fellow from way-back-in-the-day.
Might have had something to do with the denial of entry in to the USA
for Cat Stevens.
Yes, and it was Rick Wakeman's piano (as a studio musician) that made that song as good as it was. He never got proper credit for it from Mr. Stevens.
If Snoopy had become a follower of Mohammed, most likely Charles Shultz would have named him "Joe Islam".
This is too funny. Cat Stevens reveals his utter ignorance about papal infallibility, and then recommends that the Pope read up on islam. Catholics will know, of course, that papal infallibility is strictly limited to matters of Christian faith and morals, (what Christians need to know about salvation), and that otherwise he is utterly fallible in every way.
In any case, the Pope doesn't need to read anything but the daily newspapers to understand how violent, oppressive and barbaric islam is. How many of them have threatened his life just because he briefly quoted a 13th century emporer? Through his words and islam's response to them, Pope Benedict proved that the 13th century Christian Emporer was right, islam is evil and inhumane.
"Oh, I'm bein' followed by a shoe bomber,shoe bomber, shoe bomber"
"Leapin and hoppin' on a shoe bomber, shoe bomber, shoe bomber"
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SNORT!!!!
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