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Rated by Participant: 8CF5359AAC1038C8B347B49FC2B4EDF64C9B2B2BB20B058AB2D03A496DB78D58
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The Project gave airtime to Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens) despite Islam having never renounced his public support of a fatwa on Salman Rushdie. Islam made his comments in 1989. Rushdie became the target of numerous assassination attempts, including being stabbed in 2022. https://nypost.com/2014/12/11/questions-remain-over-cat-stevens-connections-to-radical-muslims/ https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/99/04/18/specials/rushdie-cat.html https://bookhaven.stanford.edu/2010/11/salman-rushdie-speaks-out-the-troubling-case-of-cat-stevens-a-k-a-yusuf-islam/ https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/pollie-says-keep-cat-stevens-out/news-story/10b19e04f7b85b51b0124f594c6ae67d
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