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UK Papers Settle Libel Suit w/ Cat Stevens

HeadlineFeb 16, 2005

And finally, two British newspapers have agreed to pay the singer Cat Stevens a substantial sum to settle a libel suit. Last year U.S. immigration officials blocked the singer from entering the country. After the incident the Sunday Times and the Sun ran articles suggested he had ties to terrorists. The singer, who is now known as Yusuf Islam, said, “It seems to me the easiest thing in the world these days to make scurrilous accusations against Muslims… The harm done is often difficult to repair.”

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