crazy: US deport cat stevens

the guardian reports that the US denied yusuf islam, formerly known as cat stevens, entry to the US, “on national security grounds”. cat stevens was one of the first prominent muslims to clearly condemn the 9/11 attacks and represents a liberal and tolerant islam, as far as i could judge from a recent interview with him in german TV.

who in their right mind thinks that cat stevens poses a security threat? the US just want to get rid of him as he is a peace-advocate opposing their presence in iraq, IMHO. poor “land of the free”.

update: the christian science monitor – one way to alienate moderate muslims: deport cat: “it is time to take back america’s civil rights from those who would abuse it for their own narrow political agendas.”