cat stevens the terrorist

[Mark A. Douglas]

Steven (or Yusef) does indeed now claim all of that.  Out of context, et
cetera et cetera, blah blah woof woof.  Interestingly he claimed at or
around the same time as he was releasing his first album in years.  Check
the records.  He never actually said that he did not support the fatwa.  He
never actually retracted his statement.  

Yes, he underestimated the backlash.  So, yes, he back-pedalled on the
comments, but not, and this is kind of important, not on the actual
statement supporting the fatwa.  He rationalized, but supported.

Peace

Mark


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pynchon-l at waste.org [mailto:owner-pynchon-l at waste.org] On Behalf
Of Bekah
Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 11:17 PM
To: Ghetta Life; scuffling at hotmail.com; pynchon-l at waste.org
Subject: RE: cat stevens the terrorist

I think Stevens signed support for something in general that was later taken
out of context by some fanatics who did support the fatwa and used his
signature as pr. He says he never supported a fatwa.  It may still look like
back-pedaling to some but I'm not so sure.

Meanwhile, watching a bit more of the news since, I retract my knee-jerk
sympathy.

Bekah


At 6:03 PM +0000 9/22/04, Ghetta Life wrote:
>Sorry.  This was what I was thinking about.  I retract my last comment
about his 9/11 statements.
>
>>From: "Ian Scuffling" <scuffling at hotmail.com>
>>
>>Ah, the same peaceful guy who supported the fatwa on Salman Rushdie.
Sure,
>>he back-pedaled eventually, but I keep his music off my internet music
>>station. I have little doubt that his support of the fatwa hurt free
speech
>>and supported fanatical, extremist religions of all sects.
>
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