Cat Stevens Deportation 'A Slap in the Face'

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Wed Sep-22-04 09:47 AM
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Cat Stevens Deportation 'A Slap in the Face'

http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3531469

By John-Paul Ford Rojas, PA News

The refusal to allow singer Yusuf Islam into the US on national security grounds was a �slap in the face of sanity�, a Muslim group said today.

The star, formerly known as Cat Stevens, was stopped from flying into Washington yesterday after his name appeared on a security watchlist.

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Islam has become a prominent member of the UK Muslim community since abandoning his pop career and changing his name in the 1970s to devote himself to charity work and peace campaigning.

He is head of the Islamia Schools trust and has met Prime Minister Tony Blair as well as the Prince of Wales and Home Secretary David Blunkett in his new role.

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