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Cat Stevens shuns unsubmissive women
The man who penned "Bring tea for the Tillerman, Steak for the sun, Wine for the women who made the rain come, Seagulls sing your hearts away, Cause while the sinners sin, the children play" has won an award for bringing eastern and western cultures together. Cat Stevens, now Yusuf Islam, won't be giving any women wine at the Echo awards, why he won't even speak to them if they aren't covered up properly. Muslim singer Islam reportedly refused to speak with the female guides at a German event over the weekend because they weren't donning some head covering variation of the bee keeper suit despite accepting an honor for building bridges between Eastern and Western cultures. Islam/Stevens received a special prize at the Echo Awards in Berlin for his musical, social and political work and was praised as a bridge-builder between the West and the Islamic world. According to German publication B.Z., Islam/Stevens, 58, who arrived with an entourage that included his veiled wife, rehearsed his appearance the day before the prize awards and when the female production staff approached Islam regarding the production of the show, he simply ignored them and didn't even take a look at the women. Islam's manager stated, "Mr Islam doesn't speak with women except his wife. Least of all if they don't wear a headscarf. Things like that only happen via an intermediary." Interesting bridge building in the year 2007. Posted by: ryuge 2007-03-27 |
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