Original sentence: In a later interview Islam also seemed to reaffirmed these comments:.In the episode, ("A Satanic Scenario") Stevens/Islam is videoed having this exchange with moderator and Queens Counsel Geoffrey Robertson:.Newspapers quickly denounced what was seen as Yusuf Islam's support for the assassination of Rushdie and the next day Yusuf released a statement saying that he was not personally encouraging anybody to be a vigilante, and that he was only stating that blasphemy is a capital offense according to the Qur'an.The incident was reported in the New York Times May 23, 1989,  a week before the show's planned broadcast.Two months later however Yusuf Islam appeared on a British television courtroom-style program, Hypotheticals
Edited sentence: However, on May 23, 1989, the New York Times reported comments made by Yusuf Islam on a British television courtroom-style program, Hypotheticals.In a later interview Islam reaffirmed these comments:.In the episode, ("A Satanic Scenario", planned for broadcast the following week) Islam has this exchange with moderator and Queens Counsel Geoffrey Robertson:.Newspapers quickly denounced Yusuf Islam's support for the assassination of Rushdie and the next day Yusuf released a statement saying that he was not personally encouraging anybody to be a vigilante, and that he was only stating that blasphemy is a capital offense according to the Qur'an