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Yusuf Islam's in the Cradle (of Democracy)

Posted by Bryan

The title doesn't sing as well as the original title, not at all sung by the the former Cat Stevens, who was barred from entering the US, because he earned his way on to the terrorist watch list for allegedly contributing funds to Hamas.

If the Peace Train singer has indeed funded terrorism, then so be it. The cynic in me tends to not get too weepy over the lament being printed on fan sites:

“It’s also a very sad state of affairs when a man best known as a peace loving pop star can be grouped into the same category Osama Bin Laden just because of his chosen faith,”

If he is innocent, the truth will be found out, and the matter will be corrected.

As Cat himself once mewed, "ooh baby, baby its a wild world."