Spelling Mistake To Blame for Cat Stevens Terror Scare

Yusuf Islam, the British singer formerly known as Cat Stevens, was refused entry into America because of a spelling error. The 57-year-old singing star – who abandoned a successful solo career in 1977 to become a Muslim – was on a flight from London to Washington on Tuesday when his name was spotted on a US security ‘watch list’ and his flight was diverted before officials deported him back to Britain. Aviation sources, with access to the “no-fly” list, now insist there is no entry on the list under the name ‘Yusuf Islam’, but that there is a ‘Youssouf Islam’ on the list. The US Transportation Safety Administration alleges that Islam has links to terrorist groups, which he has denied. In a statement Islam says, “We have now initiated a legal process to try to find out exactly what is going on, and to take all necessary steps to undo the very serious, and wholly unfounded, injustice which I have suffered. The amazing thing is that I was not given, and have still not been given, any explanation whatsoever as to what it is I am accused of, or why I am now deemed an apparent security threat – let alone given an opportunity to respond to these allegations. I was simply told that the order had come from on high.”

Meanwhile, has anybody provided any proof to the claims that he sponsored terrorists?
No?

Well, maybe it’s because he was speaking out against the war…

Feel safer, yet?