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Yusuf Islam (born Steven Demetre Georgiou; 21 July 1948), commonly known by his stage names Cat Stevens, Yusuf, and Yusuf / Cat Stevens, is a British singer-songwriter and musician. He has sold more than 100 million records and has more than two billion streams.
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Yusuf (Arabic: يوسف ٱبن يعقوب ٱبن إسحاق ٱبن إبراهيم, romanized: Yūsuf ibn Yaʿqūb ibn ʾIsḥāq ibn ʾIbrāhīm, lit. ' Joseph, son of Jacob , son of Isaac , son of Abraham ' ) is a prophet and messenger of God mentioned in the Quran [1] and corresponds to Joseph , a person from the Hebrew and Christian Bible ...
Website. www .yusufislam .com. Yusuf Islam (born 21 July 1948) is an English singer. He sang many of his early songs when he called himself Cat Stevens. He was born as Stephen-Demetre Georgiou to a Swedish mother and Greek Cypriot father. He became a Muslim in 1977.
On 21 February 1989, Yusuf Islam addressed students at Kingston Polytechnic (now Kingston University) in London about his conversion to Islam and was asked about the controversy in the Muslim world and the fatwa calling for Salman Rushdie's execution. He replied, "He must be killed.
A sequence of events was set in motion and, after receiving a copy of the Koran from his brother, he embraced Islam in 1977. During his Islamic studies Cat felt a powerful affinity with the story of Joseph and decided to take its Arabic equivalent as his new name, becoming Yusuf Islam in 1978.
Also called: Yusuf Islam. Born: July 21, 1948, London, England (age 75) Notable Works: “Matthew and Son”. “Tea for the Tillerman”. “Teaser and the Firecat”. Cat Stevens (born July 21, 1948, London, England) is a British singer-songwriter and philanthropist, particularly of Islamic charities.
A sequence of events was set in motion and, after receiving a copy of the Koran from his brother, he embraced Islam in 1977. During his Islamic studies Cat felt a powerful affinity with the story of Joseph and decided to take its Arabic equivalent as his new name, becoming Yusuf Islam in 1978.
