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| Cat Stevens shuns unsubmissive women |
| 2007-03-27 |
| 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 |
| #15 LOL someone2 Of course, now such lyrics would never occur to him. Not only would the woman in question be forbidden to leave, she would be forbidden to express the opinion that she wanted to leave. |
| Posted by: ryuge 2007-03-27 20:36 |
| #14 Ever wonder why that woman in that song "Wild World" wanted to leave? (Rhetorical question) |
| Posted by: someone2 2007-03-27 19:44 |
| #13 From Americain: Cat Stevens is often credited for having written it when in fact it was written in 1931. He even refused to to acknowledge Rick Wakeman's piano contribution on the hit until years later. What an muslim ass. |
| Posted by: Icerigger 2007-03-27 15:03 |
| #12 A has-been celebrity spewing his has-been religion. End of story. This duplictous turd almost makes Anna Nicole Smith look newsworthy. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-03-27 13:26 |
| #11 "Islam's manager stated, "Mr Islam doesn't speak with women except his wife." Reason #458,123 why Islam is disastrous for business. Likewise, I guess his wife won't be allowed to communicate with the male grocer, the male utility company representative, the male ambulance driver, the male... |
| Posted by: Jules 2007-03-27 12:48 |
| #10 For more information on the ECHO Awards or to enter, call (212) 768-7277, extension 1450. Or send e-mail to echo@the-dma.org. Visit the website at www.dma-echo.org |
| Posted by: Icerigger 2007-03-27 12:40 |
| #9 Tough talk from a washed out 70's has been who bends over five times a day. Cat Stevens needs to have his ass kicked by 72 PMSing Iowan farm women. Now that would be a sell out show. |
| Posted by: Icerigger 2007-03-27 12:36 |
| #8 A SOE (squeeze on exhale) personality. |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2007-03-27 11:00 |
| #7 Y'know, if this guy hadn't of converted, all he'd be is an answer to a really hard trivia question. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2007-03-27 10:54 |
| #6 I thought he was as gay as a snake. He probably got married so they wouldn't kill him for having a little bit of sodomy on the side. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2007-03-27 10:43 |
| #5 I think he tried this crap on a "sister" and got his ass handed to him. He is just nursing an injured pride now. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2007-03-27 09:23 |
| #4 Brainwashed by Islam, cashing in on his pre-islam days. |
| Posted by: Jesing Ebbease3087 2007-03-27 08:24 |
| #3 I expect that unsubmissive women are shunning him anyway, so we're all even. As a AFRTS dee-day, I stopped playing any of his music after he publically backed the fatwa on Rushdie. |
| Posted by: Sgt. Mom 2007-03-27 07:43 |
| #2 Submissive beard, er, wife... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2007-03-27 07:23 |
| #1 If he doesn't speak to women anyway, what difference does their headgear make? Seems to me the headline should reflect that he shuns all women, except his (submissive) wife. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2007-03-27 07:04 |