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User Details are only visible to members.	In 2000 and 2001 Stevens gave several interviews to Rolling Stone Magazine. He has never retracted or apologized to Rushdie, or for his comments, but has blamed the media for taking his comments out of context. After 911 he provided this quote to Rolling Stone: "I wish to express my heartfelt horror at the indiscriminate terrorist attacks committed against innocent people of the United States yesterday. While it is still not clear who carried out the attack, it must be stated that no right thinking follower of Islam could possibly condone such an action: The Qur'an equates the murder of one innocent person with the murder of the whole of humanity. We pray for the families of all those who lost their lives in this unthinkable act of violence as well as all those injured; I hope to reflect the feelings of all Muslims and people around the world whose sympathies go out to the victims of this sorrowful moment".
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User Details are only visible to members.	Here is another NYT piece in 1989 concerning Cat Stevens and his view of equality, tolerance and peace. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 23, 1989 Cat Stevens Gives Support To Call for Death of Rushdie By CRAIG R. WHITNEY ONDON, May 22 -- The musician known as Cat Stevens said in a British television program to be broadcast next week that rather than go to a demonstration to burn an effigy of the author Salman Rushdie, ''I would have hoped that it'd be the real thing.'' The singer, who adopted the name Yusuf Islam when he converted to Islam, made the remark during a panel discussion of British reactions to Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's call for Mr. Rushdie to be killed for allegedly blaspheming Islam in his best-selling novel ''The Satanic Verses.'' He also said that if Mr. Rushdie turned up at his 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,'' said Mr. Islam, who watched a preview of the program today and said in an interview that he stood by his comments. The statements by Mr. Islam and several other participants in the discussion demonstrate how divided British liberal intellectuals remain over the affair. British writers and publishers have signed petitions backing Mr. Rushdie's freedom to write what he wishes, but there have been no public readings of his works. 'Not a Pacifist Religion' Several of the participants defended Mr. Rushdie. The writer Fay Weldon, for example, said, ''Burn the book today, kill the writer tomorrow.'' She said she was offended by Mr. Islam's remarks, which she said incited people to violence. Also on the show was Dr. Kalim Siddiqui, director of the Muslim Institute in London and one of the organizers of a nationwide demonstration against ''Satanic Verses'' that is scheduled for Hyde Park on Saturday. He said: ''I wouldn't kill him, but I'm sure that there are very many people in this country prepared at the moment. If they could lay their hands on Rushdie, he would be dead. ''As a British citizen, I have a duty, if you like, a social contract with the British state, not to break British law. We are not a pacifist religion. We don't turn the other cheek. We hit back.''
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User Details are only visible to members.	Here is the actual interview of Cat Stevens, that was used for the Sunday addition of the NYT. I do not find his condemnation open and overt. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'NYT' Sunday Preview: Trying to Get Cat Stevens To Back or Bash Hamas By E&P Staff Published: January 05, 2007 4:20 PM ET NEW YORK: Most of Deborah Solomon's interview with once and current folk-rock singer Cat Stevens -- known for many years now as Yusuf Islam -- for this coming Sunday's New York Times is amiable enough, as he discusses his recent return to recording and his funding of Muslim schools in England. But then she raises the obviously still touchy issue of attempts abroad to link him to funding various extremist groups, including Hamas. He had just said he still sells about 1.5 million albums a year netting him a small fortune. What does he think of Hamas? "That's an extremely loaded question," he replies. Pressed further, he says, "I have never supported a terrorist group or any group that did other than charity and good to humankind." Solomon responds by saying, fine, but many Americans would like moderate Muslims, such as himself, to denounce the extremists. Wouldn't he at least say he has "contempt" for Hamas? "I wouldn't put those words in my mouth," he complains. "I wouldn't say anything on that issue. I'm here to talk about peace. I'm a man who does want peace for this world," says the man who wrote "Peace Train," adding, "and I don't think you will achieve that by putting people into corners and asking them very, very difficult questions about very contentious issues."
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User Details are only visible to members.	easy... lets not start with the enemy stuff.... I like most people I disdane people with out a sense of humor
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User Details are only visible to members.	Cat Stevens, Peace Train... what his islamic name? thats how popular he is...
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User Details are only visible to members.	John Lennon was a socialist and proud of it, Why do you think LBJ wanted him out of here? Imagine all the people living life in PEACE? yeah right...
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User Details are only visible to members.	what's sad is that I am a conservative and people like you have no sense of humor... Imagine theres no people....
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User Details are only visible to members.	drug abuse makes conservatives seem intellectual
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User Details are only visible to members.	here are two bands that have gone politcal.. System of a Down Pear Jam
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User Details are only visible to members.	The Clash - were one of the first "political punk" bands and had some great songs..
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