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Cat Stevens cancelation: Clashing dates or security row?
By News Agencies
Tags: Israel News, Cat Stevens 

After it was reported that a concert appearance in Israel by British singer Yusuf Islam, better known as Cat Stevens, was canceled for security reasons, Stevens himself rebuffed the claim.

Stevens, a convert to Islam, was to appear at a 10th anniversary event for the Peres Center for Peace. "This is a storm in a jam jar .... I'd given apologies to the Peres Center some time ago, due to the date of the event coinciding with a scheduled trip to the United States," Stevens said on Saturday.

Peres Center director Uri Savir was quoted as saying the center decided to cancel the visit after "a huge row" erupted when the singer's details were submitted for a security check. Stevens was last denied entry to Israel eight years ago during an airport security check.
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  1.   Who`d wanna go to a Cat Stevens concert??? 04:19  |  Avi 26/10/08
  2.   Yussuf Islam(Stevens) supported death fatwa on Rushdie 04:25  |  PETER SM 26/10/08
  3.   I would 04:53  |  Danite 26/10/08
  4.   Danite, How about a date? 05:23  |  Monitor 26/10/08
  5.   Yusuf Islam/Cat Stevens 05:28  |  Yair 26/10/08
  6.   miaw stevens 05:44  |  darisuh the persian 26/10/08
  7.   Let him come please 05:55  |  Hans 26/10/08
  8.   Get Over It! 05:57  |  Yosemite 26/10/08
  9.   When asked about homicide bombing 06:07  |  Ron 26/10/08
  10.   Only bigoted people don`t like good music !!!! 06:20  |  Swiss (Dino) 26/10/08
  11.   Me too Danite, although I have seen him... 07:16  |  BBSNews 26/10/08
  12.   have they booked him rhiyad or mecca? 08:34  |  victor hardman 26/10/08
  13.   Bring Jews! 08:54  |  El_Justiciero 26/10/08
  14.   Islamaphobia? 08:56  |  Palestinian Brit 26/10/08
  15.   He is still Cat Stevens to me 09:45  |  Peter Williams 26/10/08
  16.   There are two ways to go... 10:03  |  FOX 26/10/08
  17.   Failed by Faith - Trapped by Faith - A crime against Humanity 10:04  |  NoToStupidRules 26/10/08
  18.   Palestinian Brit #14 Hoooo Nellie! 10:15  |  FOX 26/10/08
  19.   NoTo StupidRules #17 10:24  |  FOX 26/10/08
  20.   #14 no pb its because hes an idiot 10:39  |  victor hardman 26/10/08
  21.   I`M RELIEVED, YUSUF, BROTHER 11:03  |  indrajaya 26/10/08
  22.   What good has Yussuf done since he converted? 11:48  |  Moshe 26/10/08
  23.   Israel is a state barring hippie singers for their religion 11:59  |  Ernst 26/10/08
  24.   #12 Victor Hardman 12:03  |  Ernst 26/10/08
  25.   cat yusuf 12:10  |  nura 26/10/08
  26.   Thanks Buddah-Allah-Yaveh for bringing only respectable musicians 12:30  |  Alain 26/10/08
  27.   Ernst, your moral vaccum 12:59  |  FOX 26/10/08
  28.   #14 Pal Brit 13:02  |  EZ 26/10/08
  29.   #24 ernst needs to develop a sense of humour 13:44  |  victor hardman 26/10/08
  30.   #23 Ernst......he wasn`t allowed to enter the US 15:04  |  Lynn 26/10/08
  31.   #14 Pal Brit.....most countries just don`t care much 15:13  |  Lynn 26/10/08
  32.   #29 victor Hardman....our friend cat 16:05  |  Lynn 26/10/08
  33.   Became muslim because didn`t like drug scene among pop artists 16:06  |  Anonymous 26/10/08
  34.   nr. 3...Me too 16:25  |  Doreen 26/10/08
  35.   To Nura 17:37  |  Persian Kitty 26/10/08
  36.   Did anyone read the article? Stevens canceled the concert himself 17:41  |  Mike 26/10/08
  37.   Palestinan brit, has right 17:42  |  migush 26/10/08
  38.   Avi 18:24  |  Mike 26/10/08
  39.   Swiss (Dino) again same old falsly singling out Israel 18:39  |  David israel 26/10/08
  40.   Indrayagagaga: Hate Made Stupid 18:49  |  Tex 26/10/08
  41.   Has Stevens NO SHAME? 19:56  |  marat 26/10/08
  42.   The Peace Train will come 20:07  |  JW 26/10/08
  43.   The guy is supporter of terror. Who cares about his music 20:07  |  McQueen 26/10/08
  44.   YUSUF, BROTHER, NOW I`M RELIEVED MYSELF 21:45  |  indrajaya 26/10/08
  45.   ME!!! 06:59  |  Sam 27/10/08
  46.   Too much 07:00  |  Sam 27/10/08
  47.   LALA 07:03  |  Sam 27/10/08
  48.   Stereotyping rural and urban life 15:29  |  FOX 27/10/08
  49.   Who would go see Yusuf? 13:09  |  L.A. 29/10/08
  50.   Yusuf 16:19  |  Regine Masson 04/11/08
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