On Giving Up (Salman Rushdie Comments on Yusuf Islam's (AKA Cat Stevens) Cameo at Jon Stewart rally)

STANDPOINT ^ | 10/31/2010 | Nick Cohen

[Quix]

Traitorous insanity strikes again.

[samtheman]

message from Rushdie: "I've always liked Stewart and Colbert...

There's the problem, right there.

If you like commie stooges, and understand that in today's world commie stooges are also muzzie stooges, then you have to accept their support for fatwa's against your life.

[ConorMacNessa]

I'm burning my copy of "Teaser and the Firecat"!

Lamh Foistenach Abu!

[Westbrook]

There was a time when filth like Stevens/Islam would not be allowed to enter this country.

I pray he gets exiled to some Islamic totalitarian state where they will regulate his every breath.

Islam is a brain virus. Very destructive.

The only known cure is Jesus Christ.

[earlJam]

When Sal Bass talks, people listen:

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Kramer and Jerry at the health club. They see “Salman Rushdie” talking to Sidra.

JERRY: There’s Sidra.

KRAMER: There’s Salman.

JERRY: Where?

KRAMER: Talkin’ to that woman.

JERRY: Talkin’ to Sidra?

KRAMER: If that’s Sidra, she’s talkin’ to Salman.

JERRY: I don’t think that’s Salman.

KRAMER: Well, I don’t think they’re real.

JERRY: If that’s Rushdie, they’re real.

KRAMER: If they’re real, that’s Rushdie.

[muawiyah]

Cat Steven's dilemma is that he was already a well-known celebrity when he converted to a different religion.

There's a class of people who go to such converts and ask them questions as if they are authorities on the religion.

Whether it's fair or not, that's what goes on.

I spent about an hour today reading up on Cat Stevens. The Rushdie thing is not all that meaningful ~ but I'd like to say this about that ~ Islam has established death as the proper penalty for apostasy. If Christians were like Moslems we'd cut Cat Stevens to pieces.

Well, now, he's stuck in that religion so too bad Cat. People will keep suckering that answer out of you forever.

Not to defend Rushdie ~ he thought it quite acceptable to defame Mohammad's wives. They are not known to have ridden about lopping heads themselves, and at least one of them is reputed to have been but a child.

I think we can deal with criticism of Mohammad without trashing innocent women. It's just not Christian to do that, and if Rushdie is going to live among us he should learn to hold to our standards. if we weren't protecting his sorry butt he'd be cut into little pieces as well.

[pgyanke]

Not to defend Rushdie ~ he thought it quite acceptable to defame Mohammad's wives. They are not known to have ridden about lopping heads themselves, and at least one of them is reputed to have been but a child.

I think we can deal with criticism of Mohammad without trashing innocent women. It's just not Christian to do that, and if Rushdie is going to live among us he should learn to hold to our standards. if we weren't protecting his sorry butt he'd be cut into little pieces as well.

Have you read his work?

[miss marmelstein]

Rushdie is cowardly and stupid. He hid behind Margaret Thatcher’s skirts while publicly attacking her policies. Now WE are stuck with this creep as he goes from wife to wife and super model to super model (did you ever see what this guy looks like??) all the while putting down America and supporting the Ground Zero mosque. Christopher Hitchens can have him!

Now that I’ve ranted about him, I am disgusted at Cat Stevens being invited to perform at that concert. I guess Colbert and Stewart are determined to defeat liberal democrats.

[massgopguy]

Rushdie didn’t get the Fatwah for trashing M’s wives. He got it for revealing the Satanic Verses and exposing Islam for what it is.

[oyez]

Yusuf Islam aka Cat Stevens is a very disturbed individual from way back.

[LS]

“Ride on the peace train . . . OR I’LL KILL YOU!”

[fml]

He added that "if Mr Rushdie turned up at his doorstep looking for help, 'I might ring somebody who might do more damage to him than he would like. I'd try to phone the Ayatollah Khomeini and tell him exactly where this man is'.''

What a perfect liberal. Hates so completely that he wishes other people will do commit murder

[dfwgator]

Personally, I think Colbert and Stewart are disappointed that most of the people who showed up were the typical lefty losers. They picture themselves as the voice of the moderate, centrists, and that was certainly not a moderate, centrist crowd out there.

[Peter Libra]

The rhetorical question is asked as to why people go to such lengths to ignore what this man is all about. Even worse is the utter cowardice of the authorities in England, who run around seeking out the smallest error in speech. A man was charged with arguing with his neighbour of Middle-Eastern descent about the war in Iraq. Insults were exchanged. I think he got off though.

That (to my knowledge) this man Stevens was not charged or even reprimanded, is all about the cowardice in England re Islam. I believe a reprimand would have been in order, not wishing to silence such a man. For if only people there, realise what it is all about, by this awful man's perverted ideas, it is to the good.

Orwell turns in his grave.

[SeekAndFind]

I’m not really sure what the point of the Cat Stevens appearance was... was it satire? To prove a point?

Yusuf got cut in the the middle of signing PEACE TRAIN by Colbert who droned on and on about why he’s not riding on that “TRAIN”... then suddenly, Ozzy Osbourne appeared singing someting different...

It was clearly a skit to illustrate something, which Yusuf agreed to participate in, but I don’t know what the point was....

[cruise_missile]

The Return to The Sanatorium Rally.

[samtheman]

agreed

[bayouranger]

“What a perfect liberal. Hates so completely that he wishes other people will do commit murder.”

That is the Post of the Election season.

[Emmett McCarthy]

Poor slob that he is, he started with that “Moon Shadow” and next thing you know he’s worshipping the “moon god”.