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Islam is not just a religion. Islam is everything.

Cat Stevens

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Cat Stevens
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: July 21
Composer
Guitarist
Musician
Recording Artist
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Steven Demetre Georgiou
Yusuf Islam
Yusuf
00029617177 IPI
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Islam
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Everything

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Positive thoughts and prayer have been the best means available, since the beginning of time, to transform darkness to light.
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Not only did the terrorists hijack planes and destroy life, but they also hijacked the peaceful religion of Islam and split the brother and sisterhood of mankind.
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Yesterday I was on the edge Hoping everything was going to work itself out A good honest man doing the work of God Trying to make things better for Him A lover of life in a school for fools Trying to find another way to survive
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I became alienated from this religious upbringing, and started making music. I wanted to be a big star. All those things I saw in the films and on the media took hold of me, and perhaps I thought this was my god: the goal of making money.
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The sexual act - separating that from love itself - is centered solely in the body, whereas spirituality is connected to the whole self. Whether it's a female, a taste, or a sound, all these beautiful things affect our self. We are the perceivers of beauty, and that's why sex doesn't quite go far enough. You can go much further with the spiritual.
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The greatest legacy is that which benefits the widest number of people for the longest period without limit to value. No one but the Prophet Muhammad was given that role as the seal of God's message.
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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.
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Everything I do is for the pleasure of Allah.
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My career is there for everyone to see and delve into.
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Now I've been crying lately, Thinking about the world as it is. Why must we go on hating? Why can't we live in bliss?
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