Cat Stevens is one of the most popular artists in the music business of our time. He had many albums in the top 10 and sold millions of albums. But Cat Stevens got also famous for his transformation from Christianity over Buddhism, Hinduism and Numerology over the the religion of islam. He even changed his name from Cat Stevens to “Yusuf Islam“. He stopped performing as a musician and started to discover the islam for himself.

This biography of Cat Stevens / Yusuf Islam describes this transformence with comments from the artist himself.

Cat Stevens becomes Yusuf Islam
History Channel

9 COMMENTS

  1. Cat, you traded one wrong system for another. How arrogant of us to think we are right. I was born again. I was wrong. The truth is we can’t know. GREAT DOC!

  2. i m muslim, all i want to say to my non’muslim bros is to study islam, plz don’t believe in wat western media portrays islam. islam is xtremely against terrorism. it is a religion of peace n prosperity. islams teaches us v muslims r not muslims if v don’t believe the teachings of Jesus n Mosses. Read QURAN n then hate islam if u would still want to. but plz first read Quran n try to understand the message of Islam
    Great documentry Great work… loving yousaf islam’s islamic life

  3. Words cannot describe how amazing Cat Stevens is. I have never knew of an artist like him whose EVERY album reflected their ENTIRE life. From listening to his first to last albums in order, you can literally find the story of his life, what he’s been through, his every feelings, the changes of his beliefs, EVERYTHING. He’s so inspiring, so open minded, so good hearted, so spirited. It’s amazing how he’s found what he’s been looking for all his life and is simply happy with it. That doesn’t happen to many people. He found his call and he’s living it, he’s not turning back on it. I respect him so much. As a 16-year-old teenage girl, I WOULD LOVE TO MEET HIM. I would say I’d die to meet him but come on, the reality is, if I had an opportunity to meet ONE person in this whole world, it would be CAT STEVENS, correction, Yusuf Islam. If I could I’d literally run into his arms and cry. He’s inspired me forever.

  4. @jack- bro- everyone was marrying “children” back in those days. maybe tmi, but i started my period @ 11 years of age. if i had been living 1400 years ago when 16 was “middle aged” they would’ve married me off right then and there. Aisha (pbuh) became the mother of islam, one of it’s greatest scholars. she did not act like someone who was oppressed or taken advantage of – on the contrary, she held a position most women of that time could have never imagined. if it is your opinion that there was pedophilia occuring, then all of history has spawned from pedophiles. besides, the maturity of a 10 year old 1400 years ago as compared to the maturity of a 10 year old today is… well… an interesting comparison. 1400 years ago there were no schools – children, esp. little girls were trained to be a wife and mother and to manage the home. that’s just how it was. and even then, they weren’t actually thought of as people, rather they were property, and most of the time when baby girls were born they were killed right away. when islam came, one of the first commandments was to stop killing the little girls and to treat them with equality and to ensure their rights. so, Aisha was lucky. very lucky for a little girl of her time. and besides, there is no certainty of how old she was when she was married and when the marriage was conssummated. some say she was six, some say she was nine, some say she was sixteen, and respectively the consummation of the marriage would have been at nine, twelve, and nineteen. either way, the prophet (pbuh) waited several years before touching her.

    please, lets try not to be ignorant. look at things objectively once in a while. the world may shock you.

  5. A INTRESTING MAN , WHO APPEARS TO HAVE PEACE IN IS LIFE THROGH THE POWER OF GOD , I AM A CATHOLIC WHO MARRIED A MUSLIM IN 1980 , I NEVER CONVERTED TO ISLAM , BUT I BELIEVE THAT IF WE FOLLOW HIS MESSAGE AS YOUSSIF THROUGH RESPECT FOR ALL OUR FELLOW BROTHERS / SISTERS THAT IS WHAT ALL RELIGIONS TEACHES , GOD GIVE YOU STRENGH TOO CARRY ON YOUR GREAT WORK

  6. Yusif, listened to where he was being lead and did it over time, I admire his strength and faith. The peace that comes from him, makes me humble thank you Yusif Salam.

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