The Jawa Report has obtained evidence that Yusuf Islam, the artist formerly known as Cat Stevens, was once connected to radical clerics Omar Bakri Mohammed & Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman. According to at least one credible source, he was also involved in terrorist financing.

In an online voice chat from exile in Lebanon where he fled after British authorities banned several groups connected to him, Bakri told followers that various prominent Muslims would once frequent his office. Among those listed is Cat Stevens.

Bakri Mohammed has urged Muslims in the U.K. to fight British troops in Iraq and elsewhere, justified the 7/7 London bombings, and has publicly called for the murder of all who blaspheme the Muslim prophet Muhammed. Several followers of Bakri Mohammed have been arrested for their public calls for the murder of blasphemers. At least one has been recently been convicted.

The online chat was captured by Glen Jenvey who is part of an organization that secretly monitors the activities of radical Muslims who support terrorism. Jenvey, who we have worked with in the past and who has helped convict several high profile terror supporters, contacted The Jawa Report about the recorded conversation shortly after he captured it. The audio recording was made in what Bakri Mohammed believed was a private chat between himself and his radical followers.

But there's more. Bakri also claimed that Cat Stevens was an intimate of convicted terrorist Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman. When the Egyptian born cleric, better known as "The Blind Sheikh", would visit Britain, "Yusuf Islam used to sit near to him and ask him whatever he want [sic]."

Bakri then suggests that Cat Stevens also helped support Abdel Rahman's family financially. He also claims that Yusuf Islam knowingly sent money to the families of "the mujahidin" in Egypt. Giving money to the families of so-called 'martyrs' is a way for Muslims to support terrorism indirectly and yet remain shielded from most legal ramifications.

Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman is head of the same group that murdered 58 tourists near Luxor, Egypt, and he is currently serving a life sentence in the U.S. for a conspiracy to blow up targets in the United States.

Yusuf Islam was denied entry into the United States in 2004 after his name appeared on the "no fly list". The Muslim convert sued two British newspapers, The Sun and The Sunday Times, for libel because they had claimed that the U.S. Transportation and Security Administration had correctly identified him as a supporter of terror in the past. The papers settled the lawsuit out of court and apologized to Yusuf Islam.

But the new recordings by Glen Jenvey of Omar Bakri Mohammed call into question the denials made by the artist formerly known as Cat Stevens. In the past, Islam has appeared at numerous fundraisers for the charitable arms of terrorist organizations. At least one of those organizations has been tied to al Qaeda.

When a death fatwa was issued by top Iranian clerics on the head of Salman Rushdie, Islam said that he would turn Rushdie over to the Ayatollah Khomeini or his followers should the author show up on his doorstep. Islam later apologized but has continued his "peace work" by supporting Islamic charities with ties to radical groups and terrorist organizations.

Yusuf Islam has also been invited to perform at this year's Nobel Peace Prize ceremony.

However, if there is one redeeming aspect of Bakri Mohammed's conversation about Yusuf Islam it is this: the broader context is one of famous British Muslims who used to be true believers but who have taken to working too closely with the "kaffirs". The first British Muslim to be knighted, Lord Nazir Ahmed, is also mentioned as a Muslim who had sold out by compromising with the unbelievers.

But if Yusuf Islam used to associate himself with Bakri Mohammed and Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman then clearly his persona non grata status in the United States is justified. And if Islam has truly given money to the families of 'the mujahidin', then the claims by the two British papers sued by Cat Stevens are also correct.

Yusuf Mohammed owes us a pretty big explanation. Either Bakri Mohammed is lying (which would not be the first time) or Cat Stevens' past support of radical Islam goes much deeper than he has admitted. But what would Bakri Mohammed's motivation be if the claim was not true? Normally Bakri Mohammed's lies are in the direction of denying his support of terrorism.

Like many Muslims involved in charity work (thanks to Allah and Newyank for pointing this out), though, Cat Stevens may simply not know where his money is going. Which would say more about Islamic charities than about Islam's character. But Islam continues to openly support Hamas linked charities, has been arrested in Israel for this support, but---like many in the world--simply denies organizations such as Hamas are really 'terrorists'. See also CAIR's defense of Yusuf Islam here.

You can download the audio of Omar Bakri Mohammed tying Cat Stevens to terrorist activities here [right click and "save as"]. Alternative format available for downloading here.

For more on the various terrorist connections of Omar Bakri Mohammed and his followers, please see scroll down through our U.K. Terror and U.K. Terrorism archives, or here. For more video and audio of radical terror supporting Muslims in the U.K., please see Glen Jenvey's extensive archive here.

UPDATE: Some are now claiming that these accusations are either a) old or b) timed to coincide with the release of Stevens' new album or c) politically motivated since this website is on the Right.

A) As far as I can tell, this is a completely new set of allegations against Yusuf Islam. He has been accused (and arrested) for funding terror organizations, but I have never heard the specific allegation that he was intimated with Omar Bakri Mohammed & Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman. Also, this is the first time that I have heard that he had funded the families of the "mujahdin".

B) I did not know Cat Stevens had a new album coming out until I began working on this story and did a Google News search. Since the source of this information is Omar Bakri Mohammed, you'll have to ask him what the motivation was.

C) My motivation is no different than any other journalist's, namely the chance to break a big story. Certainly the information came to me because of my long time fight against terrorists and those that support them directly or indirectly. From that fight I became associated with Glen Jenvey.

But what does my motivation have to do with the veracity of the allegations made by Omar Bakri Mohammed? That Bakri Mohammed is a liar is not in doubt in my mind. But, as I have said before, the nature of those lies usually revolves around the his constant denials of being a terror supporter, when clearly he is. I have never heard of him lying about his association with other Muslims.

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1 It's possible that Steven's, like many Muslims and other citizens, gave money to charity that on the surface appear to be legit, but are actually front-companies for groups that directly fund AQ, the Hezbo's and Hamas.

It's also possible that Steven's had contact with what he thought were "moderate" Muslim clerics who were really preachers of hate.

Many of these so-called moderate Imams are simply good liars. They say one thing to your face, and a completely different thing to their Islamic followers. Islamo-fascists have mastered the art of double-speak. It's also what the Saudis practice with the West, and what the Iranian nutcase does when he speaks to the U.N. (In addition to praying for the coming of the twelfth Imam.)

I would give Steven's the benefit of the doubt.

Posted by: newyank at November 11, 2006 07:39 PM (XT7OJ)

2 It's also possible that Cat Stevens, or whoever the hell he is, might just be a terrorist supporter. Most likely he his, in an indirect way.

Posted by: jesusland joe at November 11, 2006 09:07 PM (8PoNP)

3 This is way too plausible to be disregarded. Stevens is a Muslim cash cow and simple logic says that the radicals would figure a way to get some. Not only that, but he's bought into the religion which makes him an easy mark.

Posted by: Mike at November 11, 2006 09:37 PM (Dp/NK)

4 What you say about the deceptive clerics is true Newyank, but I will not give Yusef Islam the benefit of the doubt.
 
He's been a convert for a long time now, and I assume he does some reading on the subject of Islam in the West and the people with whom he consorts.  It takes about ten minutes to find the dirt on these slimeballs, so I do not buy any plea of ignorance.

Posted by: jan sobieski at November 11, 2006 09:53 PM (1YuGt)

5 Oh man ... he had such a nice life writing love songs to soft-porn actresses and the like. What went wrong?

Posted by: Steve M. at November 11, 2006 10:55 PM (qKpiY)

6 scumbag

Posted by: Last laugh Larry at November 11, 2006 11:22 PM (TmhhK)

7 You guys are so stupid it makes me laugh!!
Have you got nothing better to do...get a life!

If you had a brain between you, you would already know this useless piece of information and that all the other 'moderate' self proclaimed scum that call themselves Muslims (some of whom are now advisors to the British government) were all at it at one point.

Some of them probably still are ;-)

Have a nice day

Posted by: Exposer at November 12, 2006 01:04 AM (GMzYs)

8 Yes, I agree with "Exposer" that these accusations have been around for years. This nonsense is nothing new. It's strange how some of you hate all Muslims so much, but suddenly believe a radical (Barki) is telling the absolute truth.

Frankly, I think this "news" has suddenly been posted on all these conservative websites because Yusuf has a new album coming out Tuesday, and you want to spoil sales for him. You know, that is just nasty. How can you people spend your life hating so much. You hate what you don't understand. That is just sad.

BYW, "An Other Cup" is filled with gorgeous music. Even you people who are filled with hate for all things Islamic might like it and learn something from it. It's a secular album.

fyi, I am not Muslim.

Posted by: Annoyed at November 12, 2006 02:24 AM (vkBjL)

9 Annoyed: Yeah, gee whiz,  I was going to buy several copies of Cat's new album for friends and family this week (Christmas is just around the corner!) until I read this.
 
Not!

Posted by: YBP at November 12, 2006 06:46 AM (gVQMS)

10 If Cat Stevens, or Ysuf Islam, were legit then pray tell, with his
celebrity and his claim of simple charity, why hasn't he started a
separate and openly legitimate charity?  It's not as if he doesn't
have the "star quality" or the means it takes to embark on such an
adventure.  Instead, he uses plausible deniability to continue
support for "charities" undeniably tied to terror groups.  Much
like in many foundations, money is fungible.  Money given to one
branch simply frees up funds for  another more unseemly
cause.  Earmarking donations still isn't enough if one wants to be
clearly seen apart from such activity.

Posted by: Oyster at November 12, 2006 09:26 AM (YudAC)

11 Exposer: I'd take your sentiment to have a nice day seriously if I
thought you meant it.  Nonetheless, I shall have a GREAT day!



And "annoyed":  your accusation about trying to deflect album
sales, among your implication that your claim of "nonsense" is to be
construed as indisputable fact (You don't believe it so it's simply not
true?)  is completely baseless.  I hope you, or who ever buys
the album, enjoy it.  Just as I couldn't care less who bought the
Dixie Chicks' album or any other forms of music I may or may not find
to my liking, I am not so blindly accusational.

Posted by: Oyster at November 12, 2006 10:08 AM (YudAC)

12 Frankly, I think this "news" has suddenly been posted on all these conservative websites because Yusuf has a new album coming out Tuesday, and you want to spoil sales for him

"Annoyed" hit the snooze button, there is no real threat from Islam, go back to sleep. Conservatives just want to ruin his Album sales, financing terror is not a problem. sleep now.

Anyone else looking forward to when Europe wakes up?

Posted by: davec at November 12, 2006 10:11 AM (QkWqQ)

13 davec:  The sad thing is that it doesn't matter if you respond
with a request for these people to commit fornication with themselves
or respond with logic - they will in turn respond with outrage to the
former or simply ignore the latter.  So there's hardly any point
to it.

Posted by: Oyster at November 12, 2006 10:31 AM (YudAC)

14 Oyster:
Indeed, people wonder why I don't travel back home. I have no desire to visit Londonstan.

Posted by: davec at November 12, 2006 10:43 AM (QkWqQ)

15

Posted by: Anthony (Los Angeles) at November 12, 2006 11:02 AM (rHyJq)

16 (Sorry for the blank post above. My fingers betrayed me and hit enter, the traitors...)

Anyway, I just wanted to point out that the trackback link seems to be broken. I had wanted to post a trackback from my own blog, but clicking the "Sandcrawler Tracks" link returns an error.

As for Cat/Yusuf, there are Quislings in every war. And I never did like his music, anyway.

Posted by: Anthony (Los Angeles) at November 12, 2006 11:05 AM (rHyJq)

17 Is Omar Bakri the guy is interrogation President Bush announced on TV?

Posted by: Garduneh Mehr at November 12, 2006 12:45 PM (1juA+)

18 Sorry, that was meant to read "Is Omar Barkri the guy whose interrogation President Bush announced at on TV?"

Posted by: Garduneh Mehr at November 12, 2006 12:55 PM (1juA+)

19 Lol- yeah- we 'hate all Muslims' Bzzzzt- wrong answer- We hate being targets of Radical Islamics- plain and simple- Apologizing for people's support for terrorists like Steven's support I guess is the new rage these days. Let's see- I hate all Germans because of Hitler, I hate all Russinas because of Lenin- I hate all French because of Julia Child, I hate all ... blah blah blah- give it a rest- your accusations of us atre incorrect. IF Cat Stevens has connections with tterrorism- he needs to be exposed for it- Wrong is Wrong! and no matter how you paint it, it's STILL wrong!

Posted by: CottShop at November 12, 2006 01:54 PM (f8md8)

20 Negative @ that Garduneh, I'm not sure who President Bush was talking about on TV (maybe Khalid Sheik Muhammed?) Omar Bakri was the cleric that fled from the U.K (or was exiled?) after investigations into his radical Mosque which was attended by Richard Reid (shoe bomber) and Zacarias Moussaoui.

Posted by: davec at November 12, 2006 01:58 PM (QkWqQ)

21 ... cause out on the edge of darkness, there rides the peace train.

indeed.

Posted by: yo at November 12, 2006 02:19 PM (fkcf6)

22 @ davec:

I'm almost certain the President was talking about Khalid Sheikh Muhammed. After 2+ years, the guy is probably tapped out of useful information.

Posted by: Anthony (Los Angeles) at November 12, 2006 02:47 PM (rHyJq)

23 Thanks DaveC

Posted by: Garduneh Mehr at November 12, 2006 04:15 PM (1juA+)

24 Why do you think that Stevens has released a new album? He has to raise money for the suspect charities and radical islam will allow him to sing for this reason/cause.
The man is as guilty as sin.

Posted by: marilyn at November 12, 2006 04:42 PM (cxX0y)

25 How does Yusef Islam still sing?  He's a Muslim.  They've banned music in some countries.  I suppose they let him release music records so that he can continue to support their terrorism.

Posted by: RepJ at November 12, 2006 08:28 PM (XXEg4)

26 I have a recording of a voice reputed to be that of Cat Stevens... starts "Our people are dying... I obtained it about 4 years ago from assam.com before it was taken off. It's called " Land of Islam" and...whilst I can't say whether it is Cat Stevens or not but...if it is there's not much doubt about where his loyalties lie. I'll try to attach it to this if I can.......Oh Can't see an attach facility?

Posted by: welsh witch at November 13, 2006 10:23 AM (SHWam)

27 In response to Mr. Oyster who posted without doing any proper research as a lot of people are doing:

"If Cat Stevens, or Ysuf Islam, were legit then pray tell, with his
celebrity and his claim of simple charity, why hasn't he started a
separate and openly legitimate charity"

He does have a charity Un registered charity called Small Kindness..

you show how you just fly off the handle and write comments without thinking about what you are doing. Sound like extremists yourselves in fact...

ba bye
david

Posted by: David Benn at November 13, 2006 11:28 AM (398Sm)

28 This is the link to the recording

http://www.walk-wales.org.uk/videos/landofislam.ram

Posted by: welsh witch at November 13, 2006 11:32 AM (SHWam)

29 My apologies i didn't post the web url for the charity SMALL KINDNESS...

http://www.smallkindness.org/

For those who aren't that web savy and find it difficult to do proper research and like to accuse and suspect and go over old old ground that has been proven incorrect

ba bye

david benn
not a muslim but certainly a cat fan

Posted by: David Benn at November 13, 2006 11:44 AM (398Sm)

30 Does the anger towards funding terrorists include irish americans who have supported and funded the i.r.a who are a terrorist group responsible for the deaths of irish and british citizens.Year after year the u.k government has asked the u.s to help to stop this flow of money and guns.The u.s governments response was to invite gerry adams and martin mcguiness-a self confessed i.r.a commander to the white house for a knees up and to this day refuse to extradite wanted i.r.a terrorist because-wait for it-they will not get a fair trial in the u.k. America ,you can't pick who is a terrorist,any body might think the u.s is ignorant,and believes they are only terrorists if they kill americans.

Posted by: mags at November 13, 2006 12:44 PM (gfdYr)

31 Does the anger towards funding terrorists include irish americans who have supported and funded the i.r.a who are a terrorist group responsible for the deaths of irish and british citizens.Year after year the u.k government has asked the u.s to help to stop this flow of money and guns.The u.s governments response was to invite gerry adams and martin mcguiness-a self confessed i.r.a commander to the white house for a knees up and to this day refuse to extradite wanted i.r.a terrorist because-wait for it-they will not get a fair trial in the u.k. America ,you can't pick who is a terrorist,any body might think the u.s is ignorant,and believes they are only terrorists if they kill americans.

Posted by: mags at November 13, 2006 12:44 PM (gfdYr)

32 Does the anger towards funding terrorists include irish americans who have supported and funded the i.r.a who are a terrorist group responsible for the deaths of irish and british citizens.Year after year the u.k government has asked the u.s to help to stop this flow of money and guns.The u.s governments response was to invite gerry adams and martin mcguiness-a self confessed i.r.a commander to the white house for a knees up and to this day refuse to extradite wanted i.r.a terrorist because-wait for it-they will not get a fair trial in the u.k. America ,you can't pick who is a terrorist,any body might think the u.s is ignorant,and believes they are only terrorists if they kill americans.

Posted by: mags at November 13, 2006 12:44 PM (gfdYr)

33 I agree with Annoyed. This whole thread REEKS of calculated sabotage. On the eve of Yusuf's biggest album release in decades... what, it's time to churn up old dirt? Pretty convenient. Pretty low. Pretty dirty. Pretty mean.

It should be common knowledge by now that yes, Yusuf Islam was *once* quite zealous in his faith, but doesn't everyone deserve the chance to change, without having old dirt kicked back in their faces over and over again?

I wish him all the best with his new release. And new direction in life.

Posted by: LD at November 13, 2006 04:48 PM (cCiqp)

34 Cat Stevens, or whatever he calls himself, is a has been musically. Who cares, and who even knew the guy had new music coming out? I didn't know, and didn't care.

Posted by: jesusland joe at November 13, 2006 06:12 PM (8PoNP)

35 This article makes a point of talking about funding "the mujahidin", but the US funded the hell out of the mujahidin with both money and arms for years. Then, after the Soviets left Afghanistan, the US forgot about the entire country - because they never really cared about Afghanistan in the first place - and the Taliban filled the vacuum.

WTF did you think was going to happen? Do you really think that CIA trained religious ideologues were just going to hang up their weapons? This is what blows me away about the right: Do you really think the world started on Sept 11? Do you think that your place in the world came about just because you worked really hard? No, you were lucky enough to have a ridiculous amount of natural resources available to you AND to not have neighbors invading you every few years. Then, using the wealth and strength that those things - and it was pure geographic luck that you even had them - gave you, you leveraged other nations covertly, militarily and/or politically to make sure that you held the upper hand and that other nations would never or even could ever be able to have a stable enough footing to have a say in their own future. Why? Because that would cost you money and, in the end, prevent you from "pimping your hummer". Put in different terms, you are so insistent on recklessly consuming as much as you can because That's The American Way, that you are willing to step on as many nations and peoples as it takes to do that.

Now you can't figure out why they hate you so much. Now you don't understand why they want to (and have been able to, on several disgusting occasions) kill you. In my eyes, nothing justifies the killing of another but for you to think that their terrorism has come about just because "they hate our freedom" is simple minded and ignores the militarism and interventionism that has characterized the United States' character nearly since it's inception. I will say it again, nothing justifies the killing of another, but there are plenty of people with plenty of reasons to hate you. An easy example of this is how Commodore Perry "opened trade" with Japan: it was under threat of bombardment. Every one is dirty here, you are just unwilling to look at your own transgressions.

This comment certainly has strayed from the topic of this article but, since it's my first and certainly my last visit to this site, I felt the need to address the general slant of this site and not just focus on the discussion of a has-been musician.

No matter what the hell happens to Cat god-damn Stevens, it's not going to fix your problems. No fence, no screening, no surveillance, no amount of torture, no war is going to fix your problems. Those things have never fixed anyone's problems in the history of mankind. What makes you think that they will now? Dare I mention that those methods were all used by Russia.

One last thing: The Jawa Report? Seriously, why get cute with your racism? Why not just stand up for your ignorance and call it The Dune Coon Report? The Sand Nigger Expose? That is what you're trying to say isn't it? Until I see consistent and equal moral outrage at the home grown, white murder and terror that your nation is capable of, ala the unibomber, Timothy McVeigh, and freakish, militaristic, white separatists, I can only assume that your anger and fear is nothing more than racist opportunism.

Thank you for your time.

Posted by: macacanadian at November 13, 2006 09:43 PM (o5mIB)

36 I am shcoked to see Bakri's words being taken
seriously. Perhaps the first time this has happened. Its like investigating the allegations of a retarded nutcase. And for your information the US government and the 2 British newspapers
have long since apologised. The US government have given him a new visa with no travel restrictions. Jack Straw of the British
government personally complained to Colin Powell.

Please give Yusuf a break. Syre he has made some mistakes like all of us.

Stop believing the lunatic Bakri.

Posted by: Tiaq at November 14, 2006 04:37 AM (b8EdG)

37 Cat stevens said during the rushdie affair he wanted to see rushdie burned thats on the record , he went on tv to support the fatwa I remember watching the programmes .So I think what bakri said is true, question is will this story get out or be covered over by the media

Posted by: jon at November 14, 2006 07:31 AM (od+mx)

38 Jon take a look at this FAQ section on his site:

http://www.mountainoflight.co.uk/talks_cw.html

He talks about the fatwa there.

peace
David

Posted by: David Benn at November 14, 2006 07:40 AM (398Sm)

39 David Benn, you've said bye bye twice.  You ovbviously didn't mean
it.  Thanks for the link.  I was indeed unaware that he had a
charity.  I happily recant my implication that he didn't. 
However, the rest of my commentary stands and yours does not address
the questions of what he called his own ignorance of the charities he
did indeed support in recent years who were linked to terrorism, his
public endorsement of Ayatollah Khomeini's death sentence for Salman
Rushdie and on his own website once I read about how pleased he was to
be so close to Shaikh Hamza Yusuf, a radical American Muslim.  His
activities and many associations with radicals since his conversion is
enough to approach him with much reservation.



In weighing the pros and cons on Stevens I'd have to say they did the
right thing refusing him entrance.  Stalin did a lot of evil
things, but he loved his dog too.

Posted by: Oyster at November 14, 2006 05:27 PM (UeUAE)

40 I got an email yesterday from iTunes plugging Cat Stevens' new album. I wrote them back and told them to quit supporting a man that supports terrorism and that helps kill Americans!
Wonder if Apple Computers will do anything about it?
Cause guess where the money from that CD will go?

Posted by: Jennie Taliaferro at November 14, 2006 09:55 PM (dSrQh)

41 The album is up from 100 to 8 in the Amazon Music chart. Not bad with all this hate around. Peace will prevail I guess, even if those who continously look for faults in others keep plugging away.

Oyster...saying ba bye doesn't mean that you are gone forever, grow up please. Get reading some more.

ba bye,
David

Posted by: David Benn at November 15, 2006 01:35 AM (iEBjJ)

42 Jennie, please get a life, you think you did a great thing sat in front of your computer.

The more and more I read here the more I see that you will never accept if a person changes, which in itself is a very arrogant position to take.

You can openly criticise me though, i'm not a significant person, i'm just like you guys insignificant.

david

Posted by: David Benn at November 15, 2006 01:37 AM (iEBjJ)

43 Some of us have chosen to fight this war in our pajamas, David.
Web warriors are as much as part of the war effort as the soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan.
I believe Yusuf Islam changed, alright...into a jihadi IslamoNazi.
To believe that he's all about "peace" is naive and at this point in time, rather silly and stupid.

Posted by: Jennie Taliaferro at November 15, 2006 06:07 AM (dSrQh)

44 Ok Jennie,

So would you consider George Bush someone aiming for peace, purely? Or has he another agenda? Or are we only supposed to be suspious of one side?

The soldiers in Iraq and Afganistan are happily raping local women too, is that the spoils of war?

david

Posted by: David Benn at November 15, 2006 06:49 AM (398Sm)

45 A muslim is a muslim. Trust in Cat Stevens is stupid.

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