Cat Stevens has always had a very special place in my heart. Some years ago, under his new name, Yusuf Islam, he began to sing again, which was a blessing to the world. Under his own admission of ignorance to what it really was, Yusuf was banned from entering the US some time ago because of his mistaken association with a fatwa against the Indian writer, Salman Rushdie. Cat/Yusuf has been a promoter of peace all of his life. Because of his recent conversion at the time to Islam, being a public celebrity, his name was used to promote violence, something he immediately condemned, though that fell upon deaf ears. I remember seeing his albums being run over by a steamroller and being burned by radio stations. "Peace Train" was banned from many radio stations...might be subversive lyrics if played backwards.
Cat/Yusuf is still smiling.
Boots and Sand
Hope you can too with this video.
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