Redigerer Yusuf Islam (avsnitt)

==Salman Rushdie og ''Sataniske vers''==
Under et møte med studenter på [[Kingston University]] i 1989 uttalte Yusuf Islam at han støttet fatwaen mot [[Salman Rushdie]] etter hans ''[[Sataniske vers]]''.<ref>{{Kilde www|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/yusuf-islams-golden-years-cat-stevens-on-islam-and-his-return-to-music-241159/|tittel=Yusuf Islam's Golden Years|besøksdato=2019-04-13|forfattere=|dato=2015-01-13|fornavn=Andy|etternavn=Greene|fornavn2=Andy|etternavn2=Greene|språk=en-US|verk=Rolling Stone|forlag=|sitat=After the Ayatollah Khomeini declared a fatwa against author Salman Rushdie in 1989, Yusuf had told a crowd at London’s Kingston University that “[Rushdie] must be killed. The Quran makes it clear: If someone defames the prophet, then he must die.” Yusuf later partially walked the comments back, but the issue refused to die}}</ref><ref>{{Kilde avis|tittel=Cat Stevens Gives Support To Call for Death of Rushdie|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/05/23/books/cat-stevens-gives-support-to-call-for-death-of-rushdie.html|avis=The New York Times|dato=1989-05-23|besøksdato=2019-04-13|issn=0362-4331|språk=en-US|fornavn=Craig R.|etternavn=Whitney|fornavn2=|etternavn2=Times|side=|sitat=''I'd try to phone the Ayatollah Khomeini and tell him exactly where this man is,'' said Mr. Islam, who watched a preview of the program today and said in an interview that he stood by his comments.}}</ref> Etter dette ble musikken hans boikottet av en del radiostasjoner.<ref>{{Kilde avis|tittel=Stations Stop Playing Cat Stevens Records|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/03/02/books/stations-stop-playing-cat-stevens-records.html|avis=The New York Times|dato=1989-03-02|besøksdato=2019-04-13|issn=0362-4331|språk=en-US}}</ref> Han har senere sagt at han ble misforstått<ref>{{Kilde avis|tittel=Review: It’s a Wild, but Peaceful, World for the Former Cat Stevens|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/22/arts/music/yusuf-cat-stevens-beacon-theater-review.html|avis=The New York Times|dato=2016-09-21|besøksdato=2019-04-13|issn=0362-4331|språk=en-US|fornavn=Jon|etternavn=Pareles|side=|sitat=Longtime fans reverently sang along, ready to let Yusuf’s most controversial moment — his 1989 endorsement of the Ayatollah Khomeini’s fatwa against the author Salman Rushdie — recede behind his later, more peaceable sentiments. He has claimed he was misinterpreted; on Tuesday, his second set included the Animals’ hit “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood.”}}</ref> og at pressen med vilje pisket opp denne kontroversen.<ref>{{Kilde avis|tittel=Cat Stevens tells Alexis Petridis why it's time to start singing again|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2006/nov/11/folk.popandrock|avis=The Guardian|dato=2006-11-11|besøksdato=2019-04-13|issn=0261-3077|språk=en-GB|fornavn=Alexis|etternavn=Petridis}}</ref> I 2000 uttalte han at kommentaren i 1989 bare uttrykte hans forståelse av islams straffebud for blasfemi.<ref>{{Kilde www|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/cat-stevens-breaks-his-silence-202844/|tittel=Cat Stevens Breaks His Silence|besøksdato=2019-04-13|forfattere=|dato=2000-06-21|fornavn=Andrew|etternavn=Dansby|fornavn2=Andrew|etternavn2=Dansby|språk=en-US|verk=Rolling Stone|forlag=|sitat=At a lecture, back in 1989, I was asked a question about blasphemy according to Islamic Law, I simply repeated the legal view according to my limited knowledge of the Scriptural texts, based directly on historical commentaries of the Qur’an. The next day the newspaper headlines read, “Cat Says, Kill Rushdie.” I was abhorred, but what could I do? I was a new Muslim.}}</ref> I et innlegg i ''The Telegraph'' skrev Salman Rushdie at Yusuf Islam forsøkte å omskrive historien.<ref>{{Kilde www|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/letters/3639714/Letters-to-The-Sunday-Telegraph.html|tittel=Letters to The Sunday Telegraph|besøksdato=2019-04-13|forfattere=|dato=2007-05-05|fornavn=Salman|etternavn=Rushdie|språk=en|verk=www.telegraph.co.uk|forlag=|sitat=However much Cat Stevens/Yusuf Islam may wish to rewrite his past, he was neither misunderstood nor misquoted over his views on the Khomeini fatwa against The Satanic Verses (Seven, April 29).}}</ref> I 2010 kritiserte Rushdie [[Jon Stewart]] for å ta med Yusuf Islam i et fjernsynsprogram. Stewart konkluderte etterpå at Yusuf Islam hadde store problemer med å forsøke å forene to ulike verdener.<ref>{{Kilde www|url=http://www.today.com/popculture/jon-stewart-tells-stephen-colbert-i-nearly-quit-daily-show-1C7546805|tittel=Jon Stewart tells Stephen Colbert: I nearly quit 'Daily Show' over 'insane' co-workers|besøksdato=2019-04-13|forfattere=|dato=11. desember 2012|språk=en|verk=TODAY.com|forlag=|sitat=His chat with Islam later didn't go as he'd hoped. "We get into a whole conversation, and it becomes very clear to me that he is straddling two worlds in a very difficult way," said Stewart. "It broke my heart a little bit. I wish I had known that. I wouldn't have done (the routine), I don't think ... Because that to me is a deal-breaker. Death for free speech is a deal breaker."}}</ref>