Wednesday, September 22, 2004
Cat Stevens gets kicked off the peace plane
A London-to-Washington flight was diverted to Maine when it was discovered that passenger Yusuf Islam — formerly known as singer Cat Stevens — was on a government watch list and barred from entering the country...One official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Islam, 56, was identified by the Advanced Passenger Information System, which requires airlines to send passenger information to Customs and Border Protection's National Targeting Center. The Transportation Security Administration then was contacted and requested that the plane land at the nearest airport, that official said.
No bias at the AP:
Officials had no details about why the peace activist might be considered a risk to the United States. Islam had visited New York in May for a charity event and to promote a DVD of his 1976 MajiKat tour
The article briefly mentions this:
Islam drew some negative attention in the late 1980s when he supported the Ayatollah Khomeini's death sentence against Salman Rushdie, author of "The Satanic Verses."
It then dedicates three paragraphs to how Stevens/Islam condemned the Beslan attacks.
I mean he is, after all, a peace activist.
Update - Apparently the peace-loving Stevens/Islam was kicked out of Israel.
The Israeli government claims that on a 1988 visit to Jerusalem, Islam donated tens of thousands of dollars to a violent Islamic group known as the Hamas.
Update - And he also gave money to Omar Abdel Rachman, who was convicted of masterminding the 1993 World Trade Center bombing
Predictably, CAIR is screaming already, despite the fact that Stevens/Islam isn't an Arab-America. Of course, neither was Tariq Ramadan.
Thanks to Amy and WriterMom at LGF
No bias at the AP:
Officials had no details about why the peace activist might be considered a risk to the United States. Islam had visited New York in May for a charity event and to promote a DVD of his 1976 MajiKat tour
The article briefly mentions this:
Islam drew some negative attention in the late 1980s when he supported the Ayatollah Khomeini's death sentence against Salman Rushdie, author of "The Satanic Verses."
It then dedicates three paragraphs to how Stevens/Islam condemned the Beslan attacks.
I mean he is, after all, a peace activist.
Update - Apparently the peace-loving Stevens/Islam was kicked out of Israel.
The Israeli government claims that on a 1988 visit to Jerusalem, Islam donated tens of thousands of dollars to a violent Islamic group known as the Hamas.
Update - And he also gave money to Omar Abdel Rachman, who was convicted of masterminding the 1993 World Trade Center bombing
Predictably, CAIR is screaming already, despite the fact that Stevens/Islam isn't an Arab-America. Of course, neither was Tariq Ramadan.
Thanks to Amy and WriterMom at LGF
papijoe 6:48 AM
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