During the time he was studying the Qur'an, Stevens began to identify more and more with the story of Joseph, a man bought and sold in the market place, which is how he said he had increasingly felt within the music business. [48] Regarding his conversion, in his 2006 interview with Alan Yentob, [79] he stated, "To some people, it may have seemed like an enormous jump, but for me, it was a gradual move to this." And, in a Rolling Stone magazine interview, he reaffirmed that, saying, "I had found the spiritual home I'd been seeking for most of my life. And if you listen to my music and lyrics, like "Peace Train" and "On The Road To Find Out", it clearly shows my yearning for direction and the spiritual path I was travelling." [80] The World Awards 2003 Honoring The Best". World Connection. 2003. Archived from the original on 25 March 2006 . Retrieved 21 July 2008. a b c d e Phillips, Mark; Faber, Judy (12 August 2007). "Yusuf Islam Reflects on His Return: Artist Once Known As Cat Stevens Talks About New Album". CBS Sunday Morning. CBS News. Archived from the original on 2 February 2011 . Retrieved 11 February 2009. This story originally aired on 3 December 2006. Cohen, Moshe (10 April 2014). "Report: Muslim Convert Cat Stevens Has a Jewish Brother". Arutz Sheva . Retrieved 23 November 2016. Gordon is the co-founder with Yael Drouyannoff of Peace Child Israel, which teaches coexistence using theater and the arts.

New Single – Radio 2 Exclusive". YUSUF Islam " News Items. 23 March 2009. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011 . Retrieved 8 November 2010. Former Cat Stevens To Donate Some Box Set Royalties To September11Fund". VH1. 28 September 2001. Archived from the original on 8 December 2008 . Retrieved 11 February 2009. While on holiday in Marrakesh, [ when?] Stevens was intrigued by the sound of the adhān, the Islamic ritual call to prayer, which was explained to him as "music for God". Stevens said, "I thought, music for God? I'd never heard that before – I'd heard of music for money, music for fame, music for personal power, but music for God!?" [75] In 2006, he returned to pop music by releasing his first new studio album of new pop songs in 28 years, entitled An Other Cup. [16] [17] With that release and subsequent ones, he dropped the surname "Islam" from the album cover art – using the stage name Yusuf as a mononym. [17] In 2009, he released the album Roadsinger and, in 2014, he released the album Tell 'Em I'm Gone and began his first US tour since 1978. [18] His second North American tour since his resurgence, featuring 12 shows in intimate venues, ran from 12 September to 7 October 2016. [19] In 2017, he released the album The Laughing Apple, now using the stage name Yusuf / Cat Stevens, using the Cat Stevens name for the first time in 39 years. In September 2020, he released Tea for the Tillerman 2, a reimagining of his classic album Tea for the Tillerman to celebrate its 50th anniversary, and in June 2023, King of a Land, a new studio album. His songs have been embraced and reimagined by numerous artists, leaving an indelible mark on the landscape of modern music.

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Honorary doctorate (LLD) by the University of Exeter, in recognition of "his humanitarian work and improving understanding between Islamic and Western cultures". [185] [186]

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Steiger Award honoured in the category "International" for his commitment to charitable projects [182] [183] Yusuf Islam Wants to See Salman Rushdie Burnt, Right?". Chinese Whiskers-FAQs. Mountain of Light. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011 . Retrieved 1 November 2014.

Saperstein, Pat (10 December 2021). " 'Harold and Maude' at 50: An Oral History of How a 'Harrowing' Flop Became a Beloved Cult Classic". Variety . Retrieved 12 December 2021. a b c Durrani, Anayat (October 2000). "VH1 Profiles Cat Stevens in "Behind the Music" ". Islamfortoday.com. Archived from the original on 29 September 2008 . Retrieved 19 January 2009. Islam was asked by the Swiss periodical Das Magazin why the title of the album was An Other Cup, rather than "Another Cup". The answer was that his breakthrough album, Tea for the Tillerman in 1970, was decorated with Islam's painting of a peasant sitting down to a cup of steaming drink on the land. He commented that the two worlds "then, and now, are very different". His new album shows a steaming cup alone on this cover. His answer was that this was actually an other cup; something different; a bridge between the East and West, which he explained was his own perceived role. He added that, through him, "Westerners might get a glimpse of the East, and Easterners, some understanding of the West. The cup, too, is important; it's a meeting place, a thing meant to be shared." [128] In early 2005, Islam released a new song, entitled "Indian Ocean", about the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami disaster. The song featured Indian composer/producer A. R. Rahman, a-ha keyboard player Magne Furuholmen and Travis drummer Neil Primrose. Proceeds of the single went to help orphans in Banda Aceh, one of the areas worst affected by the tsunami, through Islam's Small Kindness charity. At first, the single was released only through several online music stores but later featured on the compilation album Cat Stevens: Gold. "I had to learn my faith and look after my family, and I had to make priorities. But now I've done it all and there's a little space for me to fill in the universe of music again." [129]

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