| People Magazine April 10, 2000
Lecturing Lords in London
Yusuf Islam the artist
formerly known as Cat Stevens, dropped by Londons House of Lords last week to talk
about the horrors which are happening more and more in schools"—he cites
murders, pregnancies and drugs—and to support the continuation of a government ban on
classroom discussion of homosexuality. He also used the occasion to plug his new
children’s CD, A Is for Allah, calling it "a syllabus for developing the
most sorely lacking quality in young Souls: moral consciousness. I don’t think
it will break the Hot 100? Consider this: Following his speech, Islam, 52, was
presented with a platinum CD to mark the sale of at least 350,000 copies of his 1995
recording The Life of the Last Prophet. The singer, who as Stevens was responsible
for the 70s hits " Wild World" and "Peace Train," changed his name and
took up Muslim beliefs in 1977, after crediting God with saving him from drowning.
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