Cat Stevens was a music artist who made as many as fifty top selling hits at a young age. His wonderful piece of work was a huge hit in Britain and America. After experiencing death twice, he began to contemplate about his survival on Earth. This period for him was known as “The Great Awakening.”
He began to study other religions and ideas. His brother, David, had brought back the Holy Book (Quran) as a souvenir from Jerusalem and had given it to him. He read the pages and realized that it wasn’t the words of man, but the words of God. He did an abundant amount of research on Islam and made a trip to Jerusalem; to see the Dome of Rock. He was asked who he was by Muslims. He replied that he was a Muslim. From that day on, he became more interested in finding information about Islam. He read the chapter about Joseph in the Quran and was inspired by how he was described. He thought of naming himself Joseph, but the Arabic name, Yusuf. His new name was Yusuf Islam.
This shocked many of his fans and his change of religion was all over magazines and news papers. He also helped many people in Bosnia, Britain, Bangladesh, and some parts of Africa. He helped children without food and built four schools to provide children with education of Islam. Yusuf Islam still sang, but Islamic songs about God, nature, the prophet, etc.
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