Post #116159 by BaronV on Wed, Sep 22, 2004 5:26 PM

It's probably just more BS trickling down from the Patriot Act. Somewhere out there is a "Yusuf Islam" that some intel wag believes wants to cause trouble to the ol' US o' A. With a Watch List that dings anyone with the same (or similar) name Yusaf Islam (formally Cat Stevens) gets deported. Ted Kennedy was denied entry on a flight due to a "T Kennedy" being on a Watch List.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/08/19/kennedy.airlines/

i work with a guy who can't fly a US carrier (or carrier affiliated with a US carrier) anymore. His name is exactly the same as someone on a Watch List - doesn't help that he's Arab-American and a Muslim too.

On 2004-09-22 13:23, Geeky Tiki wrote:
I feel sad when I see the animated shell of a human that used to be Cat Stevens.

It makes me wonder what must have snapped in his poor fool head to turn him into what he has become. I just don't get it.

I keep hoping he'll wake up.

Are you implying that followers of the Islamic faith are suffering from a mental condition?

i knew nothing about the guy (other than to immediately turn the dial on the radio if one of his tunes came on) until today, but from what i've heard/read of his charity work for children, i can't see him as having a "poor fool head."

On 2004-09-22 13:27, Shipwreckjoey wrote:
I sincerely doubt that Cat Stevens or Yousef Islam (or The Artist Formerly Known As Cat) has any terrorist motives for his visit here, but he should not be surprized by his ouster given the current state of global politics.

...so i take it the US should start tracking other Muslims such as Kareem-Abdul Jabbar
and Muhammad Ali (or the Saudi royal family)?