Is there a single person on this planet with whom anybody agrees on every issue.I think we are making the mistake here of iconizing Cat Stevens as he was. He wasn't jesus, and he hasn't become the antichrist.
I reckon that if any of us met him for a beer and a ham sandwich (OK then - perhaps not!) We would probably find that there were things about him that we agreed with and things we didn't. Every "folky" knows that it's easy to write vaguely about peace and love. If you know three chords, have a beard, blue eyes and long hair, you can convince anybody who doesn't know you that you are a little bit wiser and holier than they are. That is, unless they refuse to believe the hype.
The same goes for "Yusuf Islam". He is busy "teaching" the world about Islam now. Oooh! what a holy man!
Instead of worrying about what sort of icon he is, Mohammed or Jesus, we should be realizing that he is neither. He is a man trying to lead others towards what he thinks is a better way of living. I, personally, consider myself lucky that I have my own mind and my own way.
As for the idea of folk singer turned Terrorist: - COME ON Our press are responsible for this image, and you only have to read a few papers to know that they have an anti Islamic agenda. Moslems do not exist solely to kill Israelis and Americans. Saddam Hussein is not going to conquer the world with his "evil" accomplices Gaddafi and Arafat. Malcolm X was a benefit to multicultural America.
Wake up.