Posted on 01/03/2010 1:24:07 PM PST by Steelfish
Right on point- These kind of pastors affirm the old adage, “There is Catholicism” and “Then There’s The Rest”!
“Oh, baby, baby, it’s a wild world, and I’ll always remember” HOW YOU TRIED TO BLOW IT UP.
I think you are mistaken. I don’t believe Cat Stevens ever praised the 9/11 terrorists or supported jihad.
After researching a bit, it’s not at all clear to me what religion Jarrett is (or if it matters). She was born in Shiraz, Iran, of apparently American parents who were in some sort of medical-exchange program.
“...And you help advance the new beginning between the United States and Muslim communities around the world that the president called for in Cairo.
What the president did in Cairo was make cowardice an official policy. He did not challenge Mohammedans. He just sucked-up to them.
He could have brought up rights questions even in the most diplomatic way but instead he threw their oppressed women overboard with his “chooses to cover her head” idiotic statement.
Cat Stevens didn’t, but Yusuf Islam did...
He wrote something shortly after 9/11 that praised the terrorists. Fortunately, he seems to have had the good sense to shut up after that, and it’s all been forgotten.
Considering how important she is at the WH, I’d say it matters.
I have read that she is Muslim, although, as you point out, one can also read opinions that she’s not. However, she always appears when Islam is discussed and is frequently a WH delegate on things to do with it, so I’d suspect she probably is a Muslim. I don’t think merely having been born in Iran would qualify her for being particularly involved in Islam.
First and foremost, Jarret is a Communist. Her Daddy was a big time Communist in the heady party days in Chi-town.
Trevor over at NewZealBlog has all the details.
When I was 16 I thought Cat Stevens was just about the sexiest man alive
Then he gave it up and became a mooselimb - and I grew up.
“By means of shrewd lies, unremittingly repeated, it is possible to make people believe that heaven is hell - and hell heaven. The greater the lie, the more readily it will be believed.” Adolph Hitler
OK, I just checked out his Wikipedia page. He said some controversial stuff about Salmon Rushdie - he “clarified”, retracted or restated those things (yes, it is controversial), but in regards to 9/11
Wikipedia says:
Immediately following the 11 September 2001, attacks on the United States, he said:
I wish to express my heartfelt horror at the indiscriminate terrorist attacks committed against innocent people of the United States yesterday. While it is still not clear who carried out the attack, it must be stated that no right-thinking follower of Islam could possibly condone such an action. The Qur’an equates the murder of one innocent person with the murder of the whole of humanity. We pray for the families of all those who lost their lives in this unthinkable act of violence as well as all those injured; I hope to reflect the feelings of all Muslims and people around the world whose sympathies go out to the victims of this sorrowful moment.
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