Cat Stevens Calls U.S. Deportation 'Ridiculous'
179229
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.
337411
Yusuf Islam, the pop star formerly known  as Cat Stevens, returned to Britain Thursday after his  deportation from the United States over "potential" terrorism  links sparked a diplomatic row.
12719
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.
47665
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
637984
LONDON , Sep 24 (MASNET &amp; News Agencies) - Former British pop star Cat Stevens said he has started legal action against US authorities after he was deported from the United States as a terrorist risk.
631940
Singer-songwriter and peace activist Yusuf Islam, formerly known as Cat Stevens, is to begin legal action against US authorities to find out why he was deported from the United States as a terrorist risk, he said.
33550
Singer Cat Stevens says he was traveling to the USA in part to explore the idea of revisiting the music career he more or less abandoned a quarter-century ago after converting to Islam and adopting his current name.
233384
Puzzled and angry at being barred from the United States, Yusuf Islam, the singer formerly known as Cat Stevens, returned to London on Thursday vowing to find out why.
122777
The singer formerly known as Cat Stevens, who converted to Islam and changed his name to Yusuf Islam, joined the furor over Pope Benedict XVI's recent comments about Islam by criticizing the pontiff on Sunday.Comment
61049
LONDON - Puzzled and angry at being barred from the United States, the singer formerly known as Cat Stevens returned to London on Thursday vowing to find out why.    Surrounded by a throng of reporters at Heathrow Airport, Yusuf Islam said it was ludicrous that he was on Washington's no-fly list for having suspected ties to terrorists, and he said he would challenge the decision to block him from entering the country...
536089
US Secretary of State Colin Powell defended a US decision to deny entry to British singer Yusuf Islam, formerly known as Cat Stevens.
702348
The singer formerly known as Cat Stevens is forbidden from flying into the United States because of his alleged association with possible terrorists, US officials said Wednesday
217878
WASHINGTON - The singer formerly known as Cat Stevens is forbidden from flying into the United States because of his alleged association with possible terrorists, U.S. officials said Wednesday in explaining why a London-to-Washington flight carrying the peace activist was diverted...
328191
LONDON - The singer formerly known as Cat Stevens returned to Britain Thursday, saying he was "totally shocked" that he was barred from entering the United States.    The singer, who changed his name to Yusuf Islam more than 25 years ago, was met by a swarm of reporters as he came through the arrivals area at Heathrow airport...
655259
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 on several government watch lists, U.S. officials said.
429614
NEW YORK (Billboard) - Yusuf Islam, the artist formerly  known as Cat Stevens, blasted the United States' system of  screening airline passengers for potential terrorists as  "indiscriminate" and "unjust" in an editorial in Tuesday's  (Sept. 28) Los Angeles Times.
661201
When he was yanked off a Washington-bound plane and sent home, the singer formerly known as Cat Stevens says he became the victim of an "unjust and arbitrary system" that is diminishing the United States' reputation as a defender of freedom.