countries have the right to not allow any number of performers into thier lands for various reasons up here in canada the goverment has refused entry to louis farakhan on any number of occasions because they deem his anti-semeitc sentiments to fall outside of acceptable speech (or if you prefer inside the boundaries of what is considered a "hate crime" up here) questionable behaviour leaves many performers stuck at our border (or in the case of someone like gil scott heron arrested at it) so if the former cat stevens wants to run with a fundamentalist crowd he cant expect israel to welcome him with loving arms wether he sings peace train or is looking for salman rushdie