On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 6:27 PM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:

> Wonder if he is still supporting the murder of author Salomon Rushdie,
> who had a fatwah issued against him by some muslim cleric or another
> whereby Rushdie was to be killed for a book he wrote which allegedly
> dissed Islam. Ol' Cat was in favor of it. He may have been a cool guy
> back in the day, but he ain't now.
>
> He has been given several awards for his work in promoting peace in the
> world, including 2003's World Award<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Award>,
> the 2004 Man for Peace Award <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_for_Peace>and the 2007 Mediterranean Prize for Peace. In 2006, he returned to pop
> music, with his first album of new pop songs in 28 years, entitled *An
> Other Cup <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Other_Cup>*. He now goes by the
> single name *Yusuf*.[4]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_Stevens#cite_note-past_present-3>
> Anyone who is working that hard for peace is "cool" in my book!
>

Bernie
Vancouver