Cat Stevens removed from plane

[feralkid]

Originally posted by: Riprorin

Originally posted by: chess9
Clinton mentions it in his book.

-Robert

Well, if Clinton said it, it must be true. We all know how honest Clinton is <cough, cough>.

Why not just come out and say it..."If Clinton said the sky is blue it must be a lie"?



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[alzan]

"This decision was taken even though Queen's frontman Freddie Mercury was an outlandish gay icon. "


Actually, Freddie was bisexual. Definitely outlandish, though.

RIP Freddie, you are missed.

alzan

 

[gbrux]

Here's an article explaining who Cat Stevens is and why refusing hin entry was wrong.

One Way to Alienate Modern Muslims: Deport Cat

Excerpts from the article:

As an American-born Muslim of Pakistani heritage and a strong supporter of the Bush administration's essential thesis that it is better to go after the terrorists wherever they hide than to let them migrate to our shores and attack us, I am outraged by the actions of our government in detaining and deporting Mr. Islam. I do not and have never condoned the terrorist activities of Hamas in Israel or anywhere else, nor have I ever supported such groups with a penny of my money.

But Mr. Islam's expulsion from the US shows how ill-equipped the Bush administration still is - three years after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 - to ferret out the real terrorists from the quirkier followers of a religion that is increasingly the target of Islamophobes. For Muslims like me who have worked tirelessly to bring moderate voices forward as our religion is seized by extremists from within and put under siege by Islam's detractors from without, the Yusuf Islam episode is mostly counterproductive because it not only increases the rage in rational segments of Muslim society, it violates the fundamental principles by which America holds itself out as a beacon of freedom and liberty to the rest of the world. We have to be better if we are to hold others accountable for their misd

Few of Islam's adherents have done as much to portray the religion positively as tolerant and dedicated to education and humanitarian causes as Mr. Islam. He founded Islamia Primary School in London in 1983, and in 1998 made it the first Islamic school qualified to receive British government support on the same basis as other sectarian schools, including Christian ones. His friends in British political life are a Who's Who of the British establishment, including Prime Minister Tony Blair and Prince Charles. He has raised money for charitable groups in Europe and in the US. Those charities have provided solace to the families and orphans of wars from Kosovo to Bosnia to Iraq. His practice of Islam's basic tenets is above reproach, and in fact sets a model for those who are born into the faith.

He has also spoken out repeatedly against terrorism since Sept. 11. Soon after terrorists attacked New York and Washington, Mr. Islam wrote "No right-thinking follower of Islam could possibly condone such an action. The Koran equates the murder of one innocent person with the murder of the whole of humanity." Words of an Islamist fanatic, or genuine sympathy for innocent life taken by those who have hijacked his, and my, religion? He expressed similar sentiments when the children of Beslan were slaughtered, and has been engaged since the horror two weeks ago in bringing relief to those families as well.

Oh, and he also so happened to re-record his 1970s hit, "Peace Train," last year to protest the Iraq war. Which is why Thursday's events reek of political retribution of the very worst kind.

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: gbrux
Here's an article explaining who Cat Stevens is and why refusing him entry was wrong.

One Way to Alienate Modern Muslims: Deport Cat

I was just talking to a Neocon that is convinced without further proof and beyond a doubt in his mind that Cat Stevens is funding Terrorists. He also feels much safer now that they deported him.

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