Jon Stewart Doesn’t Regret Inviting Fatwa-Endorsing Singer to Rally

Alana Goodman
November 2nd, 2010 11:35 AM
According to novelist Salman Rushdie, Comedy Central star Jon Stewart appears to be unapologetic for featuring Muslim extremist folk singer Cat Stevens (a.k.a. Yusuf Islam) at his Rally to Restore Sanity last Saturday. Stevens has previously supported a long-standing Islamic death sentence against Rushdie. Standpoint magazine’s Nick Cohen spoke to Rushdie this morning, who told him that: “…
 

The NY Times, Charmed by Jon Stewart's Shtick on the Mall, Skips Incon

Clay Waters
November 1st, 2010 2:13 PM
The New York Times was clearly enchanted by Comedy Central host Jon Stewart’s “Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear” held on the National Mall on Saturday afternoon. Brian Stelter and Sabrina Tavernise reported the story on Sunday, “At Washington Rally by Two Satirists, Thousands -- Billions? -- Respond.” While Stelter and Tavernise nailed the political tone as "overwhelmingly liberal," the…
 

Hannity Notes Restoring Sanity Rally Singer Cat Stevens Supported Murd

Brad Wilmouth
October 31st, 2010 11:06 PM
 On a special edition of Sunday’s Hannity show, FNC host Sean Hannity informed viewers that Restoring Sanity Rally participant and singer Cat Stevens - who converted to Islam in the 1970s and changed his name to Yusuf Islam - several times declared that Salman Rushdie should be killed after Iranian leader, the Ayatollah Khomeni, issued a fatwa on the British author in 1989 for publishing his…