Cat Stevens refused entry to the US + POLL
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Cat Stevens aka &quot;Yusuf Islam&quot; was blocked from entering the US today on &quot;national security grounds&quot;. The pop star, who converted to Islam, was denied access to the US because his name was on a security &quot;watch list&quot;, government security sources said.
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Yusuf Islam, the former pop singer known as Cat Stevens, was deported from the United States yesterday after immigration officials said he was on a terrorism list.
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Ex-pop singer Cat Stevens, a Muslim, will be deported to Britain after being denied entry to the United States because his activities could be "linked to terrorism," a U.S. official said on Wednesday.
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WASHINGTON -- The deportation process is under way for Yusuf Islam, the singer formerly known as Cat Stevens. Islam was removed from a United Airlines flight Tuesday because he is on a government no-fly list.
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Former pop singer Cat Stevens, a Muslim, will be deported to Britain because his activities could be &quot;linked to terrorism,&quot; a US official said on Wednesday.
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WASHINGTON - A London-to-Washington flight was diverted to Maine on Tuesday when it was discovered passenger Yusuf Islam - formerly known as singer Cat Stevens - was on a government watch list and barred from entering the country, federal officials said.    United Airlines Flight 919 was en route to Dulles International Airport when the match was made between a passenger and a name on the watch list, said Nico Melendez, a spokesman for the Transportation Security Administration...
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell today defended a US decision to deny entry to British singer Yusuf Islam, formerly known as Cat Stevens.
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WASHINGTON - A London-to-Washington flight was diverted to Maine when it was discovered that passenger Yusuf Islam - formerly known as singer Cat Stevens - was on a government watch list and barred from entering the country.    United Airlines Flight 919 was en route to Dulles International Airport when the match was made Tuesday between a passenger and a name on the watch list, said Nico Melendez, a spokesman for the Transportation Security Administration...
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Yusuf Islam, who became famous in the 1970s as the pop singer Cat Stevens, left the United States on a United Airlines flight to London yesterday after being denied entry because he was
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Muslim convert and former pop star Cat Stevens returned to Britain on Thursday after his deportation from the U.S. over "potential" terrorism links sparked an Anglo-American diplomatic row.
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U.S. security officials diverted a D.C. bound flight and detained Yusuf Islam, formerly known as the pop singer Cat Stevens, after discovering that he had been allowed to board the plane in London even though he was on the government's no-fly list.
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The singer formerly known as Cat Stevens has expressed surprise at his deportation from the United States after being denied entry into the country Wednesday.
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admission to the United States &quot;on national security grounds.&quot; What seems strange is that the Yusuf Islam (former Singer Cat Stevens) &quot;stirred so much terror fears&quot; that the flight was diverted.
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British singer Yusuf Islam,  formerly known as Cat Stevens, is set to visit the United  States later this year to promote his new album after being  denied entry in 2004 when his name appeared on a watch list.
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LONDON, September 25 (IslamOnline.net &amp; News Agencies) - Prominent British Muslim activist Yusuf Islam, formerly known as famous pop singer Cat Stevens, said Friday, September 24, he began a legal action against the US government over its refusal to
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The bearded musician once called Cat Stevens -- who was plucked from a United Airlines jet in Bangor, Maine, on Tuesday by federal officials because he&#39;s on the Department of Homeland Security&#39;s &quot;no-fly&#39;&#39; list -- has nothing to do with terrorists, his
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The Yusuf Islam incident earlier this week, in which the former Cat Stevens was denied entry into the US when federal officials determined he was on the government&#39;s &quot;no-fly&quot; antiterror list, started with a simple spelling error.