It's a Wild World

Yusaf Islam, better known as Cat Stevens, received the "Man for Peace" award yesterday in Rome. The former pop star, who in the 60's and the 70's sung songs about peace, love, and understanding, later converted to fundamental Islam. He was awarded the prize for his contributions to muslim terrorist organizations and his famous support for the cold-blooded murder of Salman Rushdie, who committed the most heinous of all crimes: he wrote a book.

Mr. Islam's vocal support of the "fatwa" must have surely inspired the Islamic heroes who recently murdered Theo Van Gogh, who had the audacity to make a film accurately depicting muslim life, and will surely inspire others to do the same.

It was only fitting that the award was given to Mr. Islam by Mikhail Gorbachev, who had previously won the award for being personally responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people in Afghanistan when he was the dictator of the Soviet Union.

Oh baby, baby, it's a wild world . . .