Occupation: Singer-Songwriter Birth: July 21, 1948
Lord, my body has been a good friend But I won't need it when I reach the end Miles from nowhere, Guess I'll take my time Oh yeah, to reach there.
I am confident that, in the end, common sense and justice will prevail. I'm an optimist, brought up on the belief that if you wait to the end of the ….
If I ever loose my eyes, I won't have to cry no more..
There is a powerful need for people to feel that gust of hope rise up again..
Salman Rushdie, indeed any writer who abuses the prophet or indeed any prophet under Islamic law, the sentence for that is actually death..
The spiritual quest was always the predominant aspect of my life. It's always been there. But there's also an incredible passion connected to it; it'….
I found a religion that blended scientific reason with spiritual reality in a unifying faith far removed from the headlines of violence, destruction ….
Everything made so much sense. This is the beauty of the Qur'an; it asks you to reflect and reason....When I read the Qur'an further, it talked about….
So on and on I go, the seconds tick the time out There's so much left to know, and I'm on the road to find out..
Violence is almost an everyday occurrence in some Muslim lands: it should not be exacerbated by revenge attacks on more innocent families and communi….
A flight from London carrying the artist we all used to know as Cat Stevens, now known as Yusuf Islam, was forced to make an emergency landing in Ban….
Being larger than life, or being projected as such in the music business, leads you to question yourself. Some people try to forget about it by takin….
In a World where people are surrounded by darkness, ignorance and fear, it is a sign of hope to be celebrating Islam's message of peace and light, an….
After embracing Islam in 1977, I considered the majority of underprivileged dark-skinned people of the so-called Third World brothers and sisters in ….
Rather than go to a demonstration to burn an effigy of the author Salman Rushdie, I would have hoped that it'd be the real thing..
Music is part of God's universe..
The fact that the Prophet cared for every human being and tried his best to ensure their security in the hereafter must be the most telling of his co….
A lot of people would have loved me to keep singing... You come to a point where you have sung, more or less... your whole repertoire and you want to….
I've returned to being an amateur without any ties or strings attached, which gives me a freedom I never had before..
There was no division I could see between the essential teaching of all Prophets and wise men of religion..
I did not come into contact with any Muslim before I embraced Islam. I read the Qur'an first and realized no person is perfect, Islam is perfect, and….