May 1989: Popular musician Yusuf Islam (formerly known as Cat Stevens) indicates his support for the fatwa and states during a British television documentary, according to the New York Times, that if Rushdie shows up at his door, he "might ring somebody who might do more damage to him than he would like...
Maj 1989 muzikanti i njohur Jusuf Islam (i njohur më parë si Cat Stevens) përkrahi tërthorazi fatvan, dhe pohoi sipas New York Times-it gjatë një dokumentari televiziv britanik se, nëse Ruzhdiu do ti shfaqej në derë, ai "mund ti telefononte ndonjërit që mund të bënte më shumë dëm sesa ai...