“Peace Train take this country, come take me home again.”
Schmaltz king Yusuf Islam, formerly Cat Stevens, who once applauded the Ayatollah’s death warrant on author Salman Rushdie, is barred entry into the US on national security grounds. The “Peace Train” singer’s transatlantic flight was stopped in Bangor, Maine, where he was removed from the United Airlines craft. (*) MSNBC reports that he will be deported.
Now if we could only do the same thing to Britney Spears.
Update: 22 September 2004. More allegations have been made against Yusuf Islam. (†) (‡)
Update: 23 September 2004. Federal officials discuss allegations against Mr Peace Train, and also why he was allowed to board the plane in the first place. (§)