Rushdie: Stewart's Cat Stevens stance 'depressing'

The presence of the artist formerly known as Cat Stevens' was a dissonant note for some, who find it hard to forgive Yusuf Islam's backing calls for the death of the author Salman Rushdie in 1989. Islam has since denied he said these things, but they're pretty clear in the record, and he's never apologized for them.

Among those unhappy to see Islam on stage was Rushdie, who e-mailed Standpoint's Nick Cohen:


He later added:
