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U.S. Muslims React to Exclusion of Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- On Wednesday, September 22, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) will hold a noon news conference in Washington, D.C., in reaction to today's exclusion from the United States of Yusuf Islam, an internationally-known Muslim activist and educator.
Islam, the former pop singer Cat Stevens, was removed from a plane bound for Washington from London Tuesday when his name showed up on a U.S. watch list. The plane was diverted to Maine's Bangor International Airport. A department of Homeland Security (DHS) spokesman said Islam was denied admission to the United States "on national security grounds." Islam, who recently spoke out against the massacre of more than 300 people in a Russian school, will be returned to England on Wednesday.
SEE: "The Former Cat Stevens Gets Plane Diverted" http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,1282,-4506026,00.html
"When internationally-respected Islamic personalities like Yusuf Islam and Professor Tariq Ramadan are denied entry to the United States, it sends the disturbing message that even moderate and mainstream Muslims will now be treated like terrorists," said CAIR Executive Director Nihad Awad.
DHS officials recently revoked the visa of Tariq Ramadan, an Islamic scholar who was due to begin teaching at the University of Notre Dame.
SEE: "Muslim Scholar Barred from US Preaches Tolerance" http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0921/p16s02-bogn.html
CAIR, America's largest Islamic civil liberties group, has 29 regional offices and chapters nationwide and in Canada.
CONTACT: Ibrahim Hooper, 202-488-8787 or 202-744-7726, E-Mail: cair [at] cair-net.org; Rabiah Ahmed, 202-488-8787 or 202-439-1441, E-Mail: rahmed [at] cair-net.org
NOTE: CAIR offers an e-mail list designed to be a journalist's window to the American Muslim community. Subscribers to the list, called ISLAM-INFONET, receive news releases and other materials dealing with American Muslim positions on issues of importance to our society.
To SUBSCRIBE to ISLAM-INFONET, go to: http://cair.biglist.com/islam-infonet/
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WHAT: CAIR Reacts to Exclusion of Yusuf Islam from U.S.
WHEN: Noon, Wednesday, September 22, 2004
WHERE: CAIR's Capitol Hill Headquarters, 453 New Jersey Avenue S.E.,
Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: CAIR Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper, 202-488-8787,
202-744-7726
SEE: "The Former Cat Stevens Gets Plane Diverted" http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,1282,-4506026,00.html
"When internationally-respected Islamic personalities like Yusuf Islam and Professor Tariq Ramadan are denied entry to the United States, it sends the disturbing message that even moderate and mainstream Muslims will now be treated like terrorists," said CAIR Executive Director Nihad Awad.
DHS officials recently revoked the visa of Tariq Ramadan, an Islamic scholar who was due to begin teaching at the University of Notre Dame.
SEE: "Muslim Scholar Barred from US Preaches Tolerance" http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0921/p16s02-bogn.html
CAIR, America's largest Islamic civil liberties group, has 29 regional offices and chapters nationwide and in Canada.
CONTACT: Ibrahim Hooper, 202-488-8787 or 202-744-7726, E-Mail: cair [at] cair-net.org; Rabiah Ahmed, 202-488-8787 or 202-439-1441, E-Mail: rahmed [at] cair-net.org
NOTE: CAIR offers an e-mail list designed to be a journalist's window to the American Muslim community. Subscribers to the list, called ISLAM-INFONET, receive news releases and other materials dealing with American Muslim positions on issues of importance to our society.
To SUBSCRIBE to ISLAM-INFONET, go to: http://cair.biglist.com/islam-infonet/
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WHAT: CAIR Reacts to Exclusion of Yusuf Islam from U.S.
WHEN: Noon, Wednesday, September 22, 2004
WHERE: CAIR's Capitol Hill Headquarters, 453 New Jersey Avenue S.E.,
Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: CAIR Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper, 202-488-8787,
202-744-7726
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US Now Claims It Thought Cat Was Someone Else
Sun, Sep 26, 2004 10:41AM
his music is still godawful.
Sat, Sep 25, 2004 12:34AM
Yusuf Islam: From pop idol to Islamic star
Fri, Sep 24, 2004 11:45PM
oooh schlutssel!
Fri, Sep 24, 2004 12:36PM
Smile, Shaitan Loves you
Fri, Sep 24, 2004 11:36AM
"Cat Stevens helped finance the first attack on the World Trade Center in 1993"
Fri, Sep 24, 2004 9:47AM
No Such Animal!
Fri, Sep 24, 2004 8:45AM
One way to alienate moderate Muslims: deport Cat
Thu, Sep 23, 2004 10:29PM
"shame on Cat Stevens for funding terrorists!"
Thu, Sep 23, 2004 6:41PM
Better safe then sorry
Thu, Sep 23, 2004 3:44PM
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