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  • Why have you been depriving us of your awesomeness for all these 30 years?!

  • This man is one of greatest entertainers of our time. After all these years Cat your music still touches my soul.

  • free-speech-is-everything-this­-man-is-a-bigotted-muslim-idio­t-and-tea-for-the-tillerman-su­cks-very-hard-ican-forgive-his­-bigottry-but-that-album-is-be­yond-forgiveness

  • @piccolo8344 if his means are to stop satanic action by the reader, then yes ( a book can powerfully motivate and through that violence can lead) the author should be killed...

  • ISLAM IS FALSE! ALLAH DOES NOT EXIST! MUHAMMAD PLAGIARIZED MOST OF THE CHRISTIAN BIBLE & CALLED IT THE QURAN HE TOOK OUT PARTS OF THE BIBLE & ADDED HORRIBLE STUFF & LIES LIKE KILL THE INFIDELS, ABUSE FEMALES & OTHER TRASH! MUHAMMAD CALLED JESUS CHRIST GREAT PROPHET & VIRGIN BIRTH! CHRIST WHO CAME LONG BEFORE MUHAMMAD SAID THE BIBLE IS SEALED & CLOSED & ALL OTHERS ARE FALSE PROPHETS! (MUHAMMAD IS FALSE & EVIL!) RUN FROM ISLAM TO THE ONLY TRUTH JESUS CHRIST FOR ETERNAL LIFE VISIT cbn.com /podcast

  • @tigersforchrist You know nothing of Islam! It's evident in your "reasons" for hating it so much. Love thy brother, it is not for you to judge him.

  • He may practice any religion he wishes, but he may not condemn someone to death because of their speech.

  • I forgive Cat Stevens that is what My Lord is Jesus is. He potrayed Love on the Cross who Loves him as well as those who do not. For GOD IS LOVE.

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  • All those hung up on his comments about Rushdie... have you never said something you later regretted saying? I think we've all done that.

  • @AndrewP222 - nothing he has said since shows any regret for having said what he said. He only claimed to be joking. Odd sense of humour.

  • @Andrew1345 So you've never said something you shouldn't have said? His actions before and since that set-up have shown him to be kind, compassionate and giving.

  • @AndrewP222 - I didn't say I hadn't. But he has never accepted responsibility for it (he claims he was replying about what the Qurán teaches, which, if you listen to the interview, is obviously untrue. He also says he was joking. Also patently untrue if you listen) What actions since have shown that he is what you claim him to be? (his actions prior have no bearing - it is who he is now that matters). He has never apologized to Rushdie, for one, nor has Rushdie forgiven him.

  • @Andrew1345 Then you should have some understanding of what he did. He said something he probably shouldn't have, and still more than 20 years later, he has to answer for it?? That's ridiculous. I've listened to it many times and I completely disagree with your view. He said he was attempting to make a joke, I believe him. He said he was responding to the words of the Quran, I believe him.

  • @AndrewP222 - He has never apologized. Not once. He has never said that what he said was wrong. He has never tried to apologize to Rushdie. To accept his stance, he has to make amends in some way, or show some contriteness.  He has not. If someone called for you to be killed and then said that they only said it because they read it, and were joking, would you be so quick to accept if there was no actual apology - I highly doubt it.

  • @Andrew1345 He has said his comments were "stupid and offensive jokes" made in "bad taste". But I bet you can find fault with that. He has also pointed out that the Bible also mentions "life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot". He has poured proceeds from his past and current music sales into charities, he runs his own charity, Small Kindness. His life is filled with humanitarian acts, he does only for others to benefit.

  • @AndrewP222 - so because the bible says stupid, ignorant things, he should be excused? Are you serious? I do not care about which particular bronze age myth says what - what I care about is the reasoning behind what he has said. Many people have done wonderful things - Madoff was a huge philanthtropist. Does that mean we should forgive him for defrauding all those people? When Yusuf apologizes to Rushdie, then I will be willing to let it go. In 22 years, he could not write 1 letter to him?

  • @Andrew1345 I've already said he is quoted as saying those comments were 'stupid and offensive'. That sounds a lot like contrition to me. He's not standing up now and saying "I'm glad I said it". In some lives, Geoffrey Robertson's "Hypotheticals" belongs to the Bronze Age. Or the Ice Age. Let's not get started on the absurdity of the legal system that put Madoff in jail for 150 years, whilst people that actually do commit murder get paroled.

  • @Andrew1345 You clearly don't understand... my point about the bible was that it was not only Yusuf's religion that supports the death of blasphemers.

  • @Andrew1345 You're also forgetting, Yusuf himself did not issue the fatwa. He was simply an admittedly naive (he says this about himself) Muslim, quoting from the Quran.

  • @Andrew1345 Your unwillingness to let it go is more disturbing than what Yusuf said. Such long-lasting resentment is unhealthy.

  • calling for the death

    of somebody because of a work of fiction

    Just ask Salaman Rushdie

    how he feels about when Yusuf Islam called for his death

    anybody that says another person should die

    because of his or her artistic work

    is evil

    Islam made Cat Stevens evil

  • Hello, those that hate so much on MUSLIMS less do they know they Become MUSLIMS...so you can Argue ur HEART out and soon or later u Will be SIDE by SIDE to me and others. lol... Yousef Estest might have spelled his name wrong, but he was an ANTIMUSLIM and now he is a GREAT muslim and i met him n person with some ORTHADOx JEWS. yes Yousef estest was with 2 orthadox jews. i even took a picture with them........... TALK talk TALK talk TALK all u want cuz its in your HEART n in my Mind!!!! love u

  • @bandcreator28 @bandcreator28 Please provide a link to what Cat said. In the mean time what is your opinion on Israel trying to drag American & Britain into a war with Iran? Lest we forget Iran have harmed nobody? Also what is your opinion on guantanamo bay, human beings held and tortured without trial. Or your opinion on Abu Ghraib prison?

  • Or the white phosphorus used in Iraq? Do not shovel dirt onto something Cat ‘didn’t’ say about a distasteful human being, whilst in denial about the nefarious acts ‘actually’ being carried out in the western world. The propaganda is truly doing its job, in that the programmed hate one holds for Islam can’t let him see the beauty of a person’s actions.

  • @bandcreator28 Please tell me one person Cat Stevens as harmed? In contrast to how many he has helped! I can give you list upon lists of the Muslims and non-Muslims alike he has aided. Cat is a true humanitarian and not an arm chair critic sat on his computer derided others who have helped very few and perhaps doest even know the names of neighbours, let alone the character of Cat Stevens.

    Peace

  • Comment Pending Approval! the truth is a problem with cat stevens he called for the murder of a famous author he is a bigot

  • what is this song called???

  • This man is a terrorist piece of shit and he has never NEVER apologised for these hateful remarks: /watch?v=mYnWtPytvhI&feature=r­­elated

  • No worries. The hatred will end soon... right after we nuke Mecca.

  • @Tessmage you'll "nuke" mecca when pigs fly jackass. only terrorist here is obviously you, hating, and talking about destroying lands. only true peace will come when people loose their ignorance and gain REAL knowledge of this beautiful religion. islam= peace after all.

  • @blue9549

    Tough shit. Deal with it.

    And never say never.

  • "where do you go, where do you go? to find happiness in a world filled with hatred..." Well you certainly don't go anywhere near Islam if you value equality, freedom, women's rights, gay rights and intellectual honesty. Hilarious to hear this message of 'peace' from a man who was prepared to give a death sentence to another man for writing a work of fiction. Shameful, utterly shameful but not surprising whatsoever.

  • @Ndugu82 so your pretty much asking for equality by discriminating a whole religious group. lol @ your stupidity. i honestly encourage you to research this religion because it not only mentions, but STRESSES equality, womens right, and everything that will lead one to live a perfect life. you base off the religion on the muslim followers (who obviously dont follow the religon right) on the news. the religion is perfect, the followers are not.

  • @blue9549 No, I and many others like me are not discriminating against a whole religious group. We condemn the out-dated, immoral, anti-human and superstitious doctrine of religions. The Koran actually states that a woman is NOT of the same worth as a man amongst other things of that nature, so go away and read your book again. Islam might have been progressive for women in the 7th century but it certainly isn't now and its far from perfect. And yes, we should judge a religion AND its followers.

  • oh BUNK yea listened to his music but his peace bs was even too much for this nam vet aging hippy he sounds the same as in the 70 peace love dope ask Salman Rushdie
  • Grow up and get wise to what is, this man is all about Love.

  • Welcome back, Yusuf (Cat). We missed you.

  • @dougieladd he follows the same god as the christians and the jews...educate yourself

  • Please people, this man has a great talent and I love listening to him. I couldn't care less what god he follows.

  • crap sound and you ripped off fron t.v.  tsk.. tsk...

  • Cat Stevens supported Iran's fatwa to kill author Salman Rushdie. ON FILM. Cat also donates money to terror-groups HAMAS and HEZBOLAH. Cat is a hypocrite and a fake.

  • @rokker007 He is innocent to both of your charges. Don't believe everything you hear in the media.

  • @rokker007 Have you read the book? It's horrible. Now I don't want to kill Rushdie for his books content, but I wouldn't mind the publisher getting a finger cut off for publishing such crappy work. No talent. Not like Cat, though. Plenty of talent.

    We have all given money to some evil or another. You do it every time you gas up your car. Think those companies care about saving the world? They ride the other side of the fence.

  • @rokker007 and where did you get this false information from? lol

  • Quoted in "The Times" 29/12/10 UK: * 61000 approximate number of converts to Islam in Britain in 2001

     * 100,000approximate number of converts in 2010 * 5,200 people converted this year * 27 is average age of conversion * 45% of cases in the survey indicated no direct link between conversion and marriage * Two thirds of converts are women * 90% of women changed the way they dressed

  • he got a beautiful voice..

  • what is the name of this song?

  • Islam is medeival bunk, but Cat Stevens is a brilliant musician and still has it after all these years. He has a gift and I'm glad he's come round to sharing it again after all these years. Forget the baggage, just enjoy the music.

  • @UnclePutin "Islam is medieval bunk"

    Unfortunately it's not medieval, it's bronze-age. If medieval, its dismal totalitarian wretchedness would still have been deranged but with the 'advantage' of a few more hundred grovelingly awful dark age years, probably not quite so demented. And sadly for the majority of those advocating non-violent secular liberty, Stevens' "baggage" will obscure his every note until... he retracts his 1989 statements and publicly apologizes to Salman Rushdie.

  • • We will show them Our Signs in the universe, and in their own selves, until it becomes manifest to them that this (the Qur'ân) is the truth. Is it not sufficient in regard to your Lord that He is a Witness over all things (Holy Quran)

    Cat has made a brave move towards the truth. I wish to all of the readers to have the same luck that he had.

    Read Quran

    Dont miss the bus

  • he is really good Mashallah

  • Why can't people just listen to music without digging up old skeltons out of someone's closet. It isn't 1989 anymore. The man has changed and is back making great music again for people to enjoy. There is nothing condemning, violent or evil in these new songs. People make mistakes & some forgive and others hold on to hate & never forgive. Time to move on. Are you still hung up on what Lennon said about Jesus in 1965? What a waste of energy.

  • "Old" skeletons? Did he renounce sharia law and I missed it?

  • bro, the archbishop of canterbury renounced sharia law too lol

  • @muskox63 Great point. I agree whole-heartedly

  • @muskox63 "Why can't people just listen to music without digging up old skeltons out of someone's closet"

    1) Until Yusuf/Stevens retracts his repulsive, murderous anti-basic-human-rights statements these "skeletons" will be ever pertinent whenever this fanatic steps into the public eye. As someone who saw and heard his threatening condemnation of a writer, his claims of media representation are frankly obscene.

  • @muskox63 2) Of course "forgiveness" would be gladly forthcoming but until he categorically makes amends for his "mistakes" (an understatement extreme), those of us who value free-speech and secular humanitarian liberty will protest his every word, every note and every move as the fraudulent totalitarian duplicity it truly is.

  • @muskox63 3) John Lennon's remark "about jesus" contained no threat of murder. Where was Stevens' "peace train" chuffing when he wished that burning Rushdie effigies were "the real thing". Fay Weldon was right; he should have been arrested for conspiracy to murder.

  • @muskox63 it was 1966 actually

  • Yusuf is a scoundrel.

    From an interview Yusuf/Cat:

    Robertson: You don't think that this man deserves to die?

    Y. Islam: Who, Salman Rushdie?

    Robertson: Yes.

    Y. Islam: Yes, yes.

    The New York Times also reports this statement from the program: [If Rushdie turned up at my doorstep looking for help] I might ring somebody who might do more damage to him than he would like. I'd try to phone the Ayatollah Khomeini and tell him exactly where this man is.

  • Get over it! We all know in the past he was very hardline & those comments he made were in bad taste, he admited it. As for Rushdie, he never said the man should die, he just said the penalty for what he had done was death for that is what the Qur'an says. The Bible says the penalty for blasphemy is death too. Rushdie didn't deserve the treatment, but it was bad karma to write a trashy book putting down the Muslims' prophet and karma came back to him.

  • Maybe you should listen to the actually listen to the lyrics of the man you are condemning - in a world filled with hate

    Salman Rushdie is a distasteful human being however vigilantism has no bearing in the religion of Islam God created him and he will be answerable to Him WE in the West do not hold anything sacred The concept of who and anything being free game in the guise of freedom of speech is just wrong

    Yusuf Islam is a beautiful human being a man who is very essence is about peace

  • @yusuf1608 Maybe you should learn to use punctuation marks :). If you don't like the contents of a book, then don't read it. No book alone has the power to murder the reader, therefore, murdering the author of any book for any reason can never be a proportional reciprocation for the readers reaction to said book. Anyone who says otherwise is a vile tyrant. Yusuf is on tape saying that Salmon should be murdered for writing The Satanic Verses. Why would you defend such a terrible man?

  • he's perform the best on live rather than in studio

  • Thanks for posting, forgot about this. Yusuf will be on Colbert Report tonight (May 14), Jimmy Fallon (May 15) and Charlie Rose (May 16)

  • please upload more

  • THNX for posting! Yusuf is back! Great song

  • beautiful song.... thanks for posting...:)

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