Geoffrey Robertson: You don't think that this man deserves … - Cat Stevens

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Geoffrey Robertson: You don't think that this man deserves to die?
Yusuf Islam: Who, Salman Rushdie?
Robertson: Yes.
Islam: Yes, yes.
Robertson: And do you have a duty to be his executioner?
Islam: Uh, no, not necessarily, unless we were in an Islamic state and I was ordered by a judge or by the authority to carry out such an act — perhaps, yes.

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Yusuf Islam (born Steven Demetre Georgiou on 21 July 1948), also known by his stage names Cat Stevens and Yusuf, is an English musician, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, educator, philanthropist and convert to Islam.

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Alternative Names: Yusuf Islam • Yusuf • Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens) • Yusuf/Cat Stevens • Steven Demetre Georgiou

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