Cat Stevens still barred from U.S

gldstwmn · #1 01-06-2005, 07:07 PM

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/pop/ap...=Cat%20Stevens

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON -- The singer formerly known as Cat Stevens is still barred from entering the United States because of terror intelligence that identifies him as a security threat.

"The intelligence is the same. The reasons we rejected him several months ago still exist in my mind," Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge said Thursday of Yusuf Islam, the "Peace Train" singer who largely gave up music after converting to Islam in the late 1970s.

Yusuf Islam was removed from a London-to-Washington flight in September because of suspected links to terrorists - a claim he has strongly denied.

In November, he was awarded the "Man for Peace" prize in Rome by former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who praised him for charity work and standing by his convictions despite personal hardships.

strandinthewind · #2 01-06-2005, 08:16 PM

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Originally Posted by gldstwmn

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/pop/ap...=Cat%20Stevens

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON -- The singer formerly known as Cat Stevens is still barred from entering the United States because of terror intelligence that identifies him as a security threat.

"The intelligence is the same. The reasons we rejected him several months ago still exist in my mind," Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge said Thursday of Yusuf Islam, the "Peace Train" singer who largely gave up music after converting to Islam in the late 1970s.

Yusuf Islam was removed from a London-to-Washington flight in September because of suspected links to terrorists - a claim he has strongly denied.

In November, he was awarded the "Man for Peace" prize in Rome by former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who praised him for charity work and standing by his convictions despite personal hardships.

Bless his heart

BUT - he is a little misogynistic (or at least he was) - so it is a little hard to feel sorry for him

But, a terror threat - I think NOT

DrummerDeanna · #3 01-07-2005, 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by strandinthewind

Bless his heart

BUT - he is a little misogynistic (or at least he was) - so it is a little hard to feel sorry for him

But, a terror threat - I think NOT

Well if he wasn't one then - he may become one now - what a pain in the ass all this must be for him

Serrart · #4 01-07-2005, 04:23 PM

I've seen him in a recent video with Ronan Keating for a duet on Father and Son: I didn't feel very threatened.

Romy