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Date of source: Thursday, February 24, 2011
Rockstar and peace activist Yusuf Islam (formerly Cat Stevens) has created a new song "My People" dedicated to the people of Egypt.
In Riz Khans program on Al Jazeera he talked about the role of music in the present wave of change.
The song will be freely available from his website www.yusufislam....
Date of source: Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Yūsuf Islām has started to sing again in an attempt to bridge the gap between the civilizations.
Date of source: Monday, July 14, 2003
Some Westerners who converted to Islam use music and songs to preach Islam and to change its tarnished image in the West.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 1, 2004
Youssef Islam, formerly British pop singer Cat Stevens, who was in Italy to receive a Man of Peace award from the Gorbachev Foundation for a life of songs calling for world peace and his current charity work through a society he founded under the name Small Kindness, which works on bringing...
Date of source: Sunday, October 24, 2004
The British singer Youssef Islam, formerly known as Cat Stevens before embracing Islam in 1977, was extremely shocked after returning to London Heathrow Airport last night. Youssef Islam was denied entry into the United States for national security reasons and was deported by U.S. authorities when...
Date of source: Sunday, October 24, 2004
Tareq Ramadan, a grandson of the founder of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, whose visa for the U.S was cancelled last month, said that he was not shocked that Youssef Islam was denied entry into the United States. “I passed through the same painful experience after the canceling of my visa last...
Date of source: Monday, October 25, 2004
The American security systems denied the moderate Muslim singer, Youssef Islam, entry into its land. This, certainly, reflects a contradiction in thinking and planning. The Da’iya [a man who calls for Islam], Youssef, is not like Abu Hamza or Abu Qatada. In fact, he is against extremism and...
Date of source: Friday, October 1, 2004
Egyptian listeners do not know anything about that blond bearded man who suddenly appeared to be international singer Youssef Islam. Egyptian listeners were surprised when they heard that a number of Islamic songs will be broadcast on a popular private music channel. The listeners’ interest in...
Date of source: Friday, December 8, 2000
The book of "Why did they join Islam? The reasons behind the conversion of the world’s elite to Islam," by journalist Usama Al-Alfi introduces many examples of those who converted to Islam. The author believes that Al-Alfi wrote his book to open Muslims’ eyes to the greatness of their religion. The...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 20, 1999
Hundreds of wealthy Beirutis, harkening to the appeal of their Sufi Muslim mystical leader, are moving to the mountains to avoid "catastrophes" as the millennium approaches.
Emerging Perspectives on Intercultural and Interreligious Relations
Dialogue Across Borders is a database of summary translations of Arabic newspaper articles with references to their sources about intercultural and interreligious relations, focusing primarily but not exclusively on Muslim-Christian relations. The database also contains articles with editorial analysis and interviews on the subject.