I thought the interviewer bordered on being sycophantic. Overall it was interesting. I was in high school when they started playing Cat Stevens on the AM radio here in the States. I played music in bands for a number of years and never really thought about him until I heard about his becoming a Muslim. He comes across as an earnest and intelligent fellow, but he also reminds me of what we used to call a space shot. As far as the fatwa against Rushdie, you don’t need to be a religious scholar to speak up and condemn something that is obviously immoral and terroristic. And as everyone knows, Rushdie eventually was nearly murdered and suffered severe wounds. So it’s not something that can be ignored.
I thought the interviewer bordered on being sycophantic.
Overall it was interesting.
I was in high school when they started playing Cat Stevens on the AM radio here in the States.
I played music in bands for a number of years and never really thought about him until I heard about his becoming a Muslim.
He comes across as an earnest and intelligent fellow, but he also reminds me of what we used to call a space shot.
As far as the fatwa against Rushdie, you don’t need to be a religious scholar to speak up and condemn something that is obviously immoral and terroristic.
And as everyone knows, Rushdie eventually was nearly murdered and suffered severe wounds.
So it’s not something that can be ignored.
His spiritual quest reminds me of Sinead O Connor