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  • Cat Stevens criticizes pope over Islam comments

    09/24/2006 3:36:45 PM PDT · by Screamname · 97 replies · 2,086+ views
    yahoo.com ^ | 9/24/2006 | Yahoo
    LONDON, England (AFP) - Yusuf Islam, the British singer known as Cat Stevens before his conversion to Islam, added to the criticism of Pope Benedict XVI's recent remarks about the religion. Islam, known for his 1970s hits including "Father And Son" and "Wild World," said that the pope quoting from a medieval text which attacks some of the Prophet Mohammed's teachings as "evil and inhuman" showed the pontiff was not infallible. Roman Catholic theology says that the pope cannot err in teachings on faith or morals. In an interview with BBC television, Islam said that he went to a Catholic...