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Yusuf Islam raises money and awareness for the children of Palistan
“But tell me, where do the (Palestinian) children play?
As for Israeli children, who cares? “Israeli Official Blasts Cat Stevens’ Song for Gaza Children,” by Joseph Rhett Miller forFox News, January 26 (thanks JW):
A new recording by singer-musician Yusuf Islam, formerly known as Cat Stevens, to raise funds for the children of Gaza is angering an Israeli official who says all children — not just Palestinians — in the war-battered region should receive the same treatment.
“It is good Mr. Islam is interested in helping the children of Gaza,” David Saranga, spokesman for the Consulate General of Israel in New York, said in a statement. “The children on the other side of the border should not be forgotten, as well, and it would have been nice for their situation to also be considered when Mr. Islam decided on the dedication of the song.”
Along with former Beatles collaborator Klaus Voorman, the London-born Islam recorded his version of the late Beatle George Harrison’s “The Day the World Gets ‘Round.” Islam said he will donate all proceeds from sales of the song to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, the U.N. agency in charge of Palestinian refugees, and the nonprofit group Save the Children.
According to his Web site, Islam hopes the song “will remind people of the immense legacy of love, peace and happiness we can share when we get round to looking at mankind’s futile wars and prejudices andstart to change our foolish ways.”
And how shall we do that, Mr Islam? By embracing sharia law? After all, the word “sharia” can be literally translated as “way.”
But Saranga said Islam’s intentions missed the mark.
“Children are children are children, regardless of where they live,” Saranga’s statement continued. “It is about time that someone saves the children of Gaza from their leaders, Hamas.”
UNRWA Senior Liaison Officer Saahir Lone said the agency “strongly agrees” that Palestinian and Israeli children are both victims of the conflict. He did not say whether the agency approached Islam to record the song, or if the recording was Islam’s idea. He also declined to say whether any other musicians were considered.[...]
Prior to converting to Islam and changing his name in 1977, Cat Stevens sold 60 million albums and had several hit songs, including “Wild World” and “Peace Train.” Israeli authorities have barred Islam twice from entering the country due to his alleged ties to Hamas.
Islam also allegedly supported the Islamic edict calling for the death of author Salman Rushdie in 1989, although he claims his words were misinterpreted.
The bane of Islam, both the religion and the man: perpetual, eternal, and everlasting “misinterpretation.”
“I never called for the death of Salman Rushdie,” Islam wrote on his Web site.
Islam, who was denied entry into the U.S. along with his daughter in 2004, returned to pop music in 2006 with the released “An Other Cup. He did not reply to requests for comment.
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Funny-the world wrings its hands for these Gazan kids as if they were the most precious things in the world. Meanwhile, nobody says a damn thing about any Israeli kids when they get killed by terrorist acts. It’s seeming like maybe the Nazis did win WW2 after all-only the victory was delayed some 60 years.
Cat Stevens aka Yusuf Islam is a liar. I saw him on TV. He was clothed in a long white ‘nighty’ and wearing a white cap. On his face, a fake pious ‘holier-than-thou’ self-righteous expression. Which he still wears. His words were not misinterpreted. In the days before England was wholly populated with dhimmis, UK radio stations refused to play his records on air because of his remark. He has denied it ever since. He is a nasty little man.
Who give a damn to israeli’s kids, they are son of bitches, occupiers… and who calls homeland owners terrorists, let me recall ‘who is taling; ofcourse the ereasers of the Red Indians’ !
When the right is falsified and the wrong is justified, it is the end of the world for sure!
This man, like others, who have a word of truth for the sake of truth, is crusified, where as those who go after the BIG LIE of the prophits’ killers throughout the years, are crowned.
Wunderbar !
Hey Fair Enough, whose your father, Himmler, Eichmann, or Streicher!
You said it, Appalled! Nothing is said about Kiryat Shemonah, Maalot, Rome Airport Massacre, Lod Massacre, and how can we forget that 3 days after the so called peace between Rabin and Arafat there were tons of bus, restaurant, and disco bombings. I wonder what Mr Islam said about that!