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Best Wishes Entries from:     Original Birthday Card    2001   2002.. 2003 ....2004 Name: Claudia Calvert - Metairie, LA, USA Date: January 1st, 2002 Your message to Yusuf I wish that the world would finally see things as Steve/Cat/Yusuf sees it...to embrace the good and shed the bad. To try to enlighten those that remain in the dark and to hold steadily to the right, as GOD intended HIS children to do. May you and your family have a very happy life and your personal endeavors be less troubled in your future. Shalom, Claudia www.geocities.com/ccalvert10 Name: Stephen Manz Date:   Your message to Yusuf Thank you shareing your music. God be be with you. Name: Louis Ribot Date: Jan.5, 2002 Your message to Yusuf Assalamaulaikum, Brother Yusuf. I have grabbed your story on VH-1's Behind The Music the other day this past June. It was a very remarkable story that this has set out to be. It was a very interesting experience that you had escaping death twice. I hope you continue to make your journey spiritual and more interesting until then. God bless,Salam & Peace. Louis R. Name: mom4eversk@aol.com Date: January 10, 2002 Your message to Yusuf If it wasn't for you, my son and myslf would be lost into the darkness of this world. Your music has made such a difference in our life. I wouldn't be able to thank you enough. The happiness, love, understanding and sense of well being that your music and your voice has given to us is unbelievable. Thanks with all of our hearts Steph and Nathan Name: CIFTCI ESMA Date: 15 01 2002 Your message to Yusuf Je suis d'origine Turque et j'aprecis beaucoup vos pensée sur l'islam et je vous vois souvent à la télé turque j'aimerais bien communiquer avec vous alors je vous laisse mon adresse 10 rue des mésanges 68000 Colmar France j'attend impatiament votre réponse que ALLAH vous protege Name: THE WILDFLOWER Date: JANUARY 15, 2002 Your message to Yusuf TO YUSUF/CAT/STEVE I WISH I COULD EXPRESS IN WORDS HOW MUCH YOUR WORDS AND MUSIC HAVE TOUCHED MY LIFE. YOU ARE A BLESSING FROM GOD AND A SHINING LIGHT IN OUR WORLD...MAY GOD BE WITH YOU... LOVE FROM THE WILDFLOWER Name: cody boyne Date: january 15 2002 Your message to Yusuf Hello yusuf my name is cody i wanted to tell you how you inspire me in every way of my life i live in canada and i pulled one of my mom's old records out and listened your voice and songs inspired me to buy a guitar write songs and buy lots of your cd's for inspiration you are my influence i am only fourteen years old and believe it or not your songs have made me cry you have touched me in a great way and I would love to write to you i will give you my email address just in case you wanna e mail me thank you .cody boyne Name: margo Date: January 19, 2002 Your message to Yusuf I would just like to thank Yusuf for your music and your wisdom. I am a freshman in highschool, life sometimes seems to be too hard to continue, however your music has given me hope and inspired me to embrace my own love for music. I used to be amd that you stopped recording music becasue i loved it so much, but then i read a passage that you wrote about why you converted and left the music business. i respect your choice and understand why you couldn't stay. I myself am still searching for a religion, and becasue of you i have started to look into Islam. I believe that education about islam is so important condisdering it is one of the biggest religions in the world today. Im glad that i had a chance to listen to your music, it really affected me. thank you again, Margo Name: Casey and Natalie Date: 1/22/02 Your message to Yusuf Stephen, Cat, Yusuf, We are literally at loss of words. Your music and your life have inspired us in so many ways, and have changed our lives for the better. We have found bonds and friendships through your music. We are 15 and 16 years old, and though we did not live during the height of your career, we assure you that we would have gone to every show of yours that we possibly could. We just want to thank you for changing our lives! Love, Casey and Natalie Name: Dave Date: Jan, 27,2002 Your message to Yusuf Mr Stevens, From the first time that I heard your beautifull songs such as Peace train, Moon Shadow etc. till today I had so much respect for you, your voice and yourself. However, today when I found that you became a muslim I lost all my respect for you personally (still love your songs and voice). Not that you would careless but man, did you really need a dirty mark to prove that your are a good person? Truly a big shame. Truly. Name: emmett mcmahon Date: january 2 Your message to Yusuf cat, you are one of a kind. you have such a great appreciation for music, and it shines through in your music. i enjoy listening to your music on a daily basis. i am behind your change of religion. i think it was a step in the right direction that you felt was right, and i stand behind you on that. i am intested to know more about your transformation. you are my favorite singer/sonwriter. you hav a voice that is unforgettable, and a way with words that is undesirable. happy birthday to you cat/yusuf. you will always be a part of me, and you have given me a new appreciation for great music. take care. peace, and love. keep love flowing constant and in motion. em Name: Christopher S. Garrels Date: 02/0102 Your message to Yusuf First, I strongly admire your work as Cat Stevens. Second I also admire your conviction to do what most considered to be folly; to follow your heart and choose to believe what you believed even when the whole western world told you it was wrong or foolish. I am an atheist. However I admire you for your courage, and I think that those who chastise you for your journey to enlightenment are misguided hypocrites. Bless you and may you maintain happiness in life. Thank you for giving yourself to the world, to simple old souls like me. Name: Nassim Dali-Youcef Date: february 3rd, 2002 Your message to Yusuf Essalam Alaykoum Yusuf! I would like to wish you a happy birthday and a long healthy life to you and your family... May GOD help you pursue the work you have been doin' for many years to help children and educate them. I am very admirative of what you are doin' in our wild world you are the a very good exemple for the islamic world GOD bless you Essalam Alaykoum Sincerely, Nassim Dali-Youcef daliyon@ircm.qc.ca Name: Pamela Francis Date: 2/3/2002 Your message to Yusuf Thank G-D for your compassion and your work for peace. Your music, your work for Unicef, and your work for education has always inspired me, and continues to do so. Peace-- Name: Lee Bergstrom Date: February 4, 2002 Your message to Yusuf Yusuf, I am envious of your spirit journey and ultimate self-discovery in Islam. I too am trying to find my spiritual home and am inspired by your story. God bless you. Name: emir, sarajevo,B&H Date: 06/02/2002 Your message to Yusuf Dear Yusuf,thank you for your visit and we, in BOSNIA, are looking forward to see you again. Good health to you and your familly. SELAM & vozdra. Emir Name: Robert Date: 7-7-02 Your message to Yusuf Simply,thank you for all the GREAT MUSIC you have made.Words alone could not express the effect your music has had on me.people must tell you all the time how talented you are,because it's true. again thank you #1 fan Bob Name: Shawnie Date: 02/14/02 Your message to Yusuf Your face makes me smile.. if we had met somewhere in a former life.... :>) Name: KARLA DZIAK Date: 2/19/02 Your message to Yusuf BEST WISHES! Name: David (Daoud) Poydence Date: 2/19/02 Your message to Yusuf With the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate Alhumdul'Allah Asalamu Aleykum, Dearest Brother! I pray you are well & in good imane. I know you are a busy man, so I will try to be brief. Any reply would be sincerely appreciated. I write from a college town north of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. There is a teacher here who has a grant from Harvard U. to research the changing face of religion in America. We would be very appreciative if you would consider visiting our town & community. Insha'Allah, we can see if the teacher can arrange suitable funds to facilitate your visit. Perhaps you could tie in a trip to Pittsburgh or somewhere else in the region. Jazak Allahu Khairun & Fee Mani Illah! Name: hamda jama Date: feb.22,2002 Your message to Yusuf hey all i wated to tell u is that u have choosen the right religion in the world u could stay on to the way u are and god will love it . Name: Susan Houck Date: 02/22/01 Your message to Yusuf May God's blessings keep you always in sharing His love for everyone...Peace. Susan Name: janice sollenberger Date: 02/23/02 Your message to Yusuf You have been a spiritual "advisor" for me from the age of 8-41. You talk to me as if you know my soul...I wish you happiness, as you have given me during hard times... ...not to mention the sexiest-looking man I have ever seen ;) Name: Maureen Date: 3/1/02 Your message to Yusuf I heard several years ago that Cat Stevens died. Did they mean the name Cat Stevens died because you changed your name. Please tell me that you are alive and well. one of your devoted fans Maureen Name: Michael Date: 03-03-2002 Your message to Yusuf Yusuf I wanted to thank you very much for the wonderful music and words you have provided over the years. Your music is very inspirational, moving and has deeply enriched my life. I have such respect for you and what you have chosen to do with your life. You are a true humanitarian and have helped and touched so many lives. I wish you the very best this life has to offer. may God bless you and be with you always. Respectfully, Michael Meckstroth Name: Shirley Date: 7 March, 2002 Your message to Yusuf No SPECIAL occasion to stop by and say hi, since EVERY day I think of you is a SPECIAL OCCASION! Love/Light, Shirley Name: sarah hussein Date: 15/3/2002 Your message to Yusuf hello Yusuf, I like the way you do verry mutch! I change also to the Islam, and it's a good way, the only threu way. It's verry nice that now you have you're own scool for the Islam.I live in Belgium and here are not mutch Islam, and I don't know if there is a scool for Islam. By the way, I see the story from you in the t.v. and it whas hard to see. I hope know the life it's good, ASSALAM-ALAIKOM. Name: joann Date: march 23 Your message to Yusuf I was very interested and gladdened to read Cat's response to the Sept. 11 tragedy. I grew up with his music and peace-filled love of life. Growing up without him would have been un-imaginable. Thank you for the wonderful music and memories. Jo-Ann Name: Jeremy Button Date: 03/26/2002 Your message to Yusuf Tour. Name: Sharon Reddy (aka Hard Headed Woman) Date: March 26, 2002 Your message to Yusuf After reading what so many others have said, and also after being one of the contributors to your "Birthday Journal", I find it difficult to say anything that hasn't been already said to you. So, here is a poem I've written.....with love to someone who has been with me in God's spirit of song since we were both searching in the 70's for our True Path....I'm another soul who emerged into this world in 1948: STEVEN In shades plum blue and indigo you drift above my dreams You've trilled the cords of my soul through my past lives it seems Can it be we've never been O'er shadows near and deep.... Somewhere in a faierie glen, or in a castle keep? The past is there in shades of blue It's part of who we are.... The troubadour who sang a tune And won this ladys' heart. Name: Rod Roehrich Date: March 27, 2002 Your message to Yusuf I really want to meet you. Name: Vahid Date: 28/03/02 Your message to Yusuf Hi Yusuf, I just wanted to say that u've changed my life and that I love you. sallaam Vahid Name: semra Date: 2002-04-01 Your message to Yusuf dear yusuf I wish all of the good thinks for u and hopes that u find all of yours questions I'm glad for u and hopes to meet u one day in the future its intresting to read about your life and I'm doing a work about u... Name: MissKitty Date: 4/1/02 Your message to Yusuf Just wanted to say Hi.... I wish you and your family the best. Thanks for so many years of happiness, music and love. You are an inspiration to so many people. I do believe that the "Peace Train" will make it someday. ~~cheers MK Name: craig kovarik Date: -6-2002 Your message to Yusuf Cat(As I know you) Your music has been a great introspective for me. I wish you had continued to inspire many of us. Name: clem 222 kinard c. perrine Date: april 7 Your message to Yusuf I pray you are happy. Me, I'm as lonely as a child who never learned the difference between love and fun and games. My danny never came back for me. never called. Now I know the price of loving someone but I tell you the truth, love, real love is a gift. I will always see it that way and though I loved and lost, I still remember a holy night and a love that I held for a few days. I gave the best of my love to a man who never looked back. I would do it all again just to hold him and try to ease his pain. Love,t Name: fitri s.w. Date:   Your message to Yusuf Assalamualaikum Warrahmattullahi Wabarokatuh for the first, i am sorry 'cause my english is not well. i am a moslem from indonesia, and i know 'bout you from your song that have title Morning Has Broken. i just know that for 2 years. after that i use a vein. maybe ALLAH give me 'hidayah' by your song, Thank you for your song i pray if ALLAH always bless your jihad at britain. Amin Ya Rabbal'alamin Wassalamualaikum Warahmattullahi Wabarokatuh Name: Ahlam Daoudi Date: 29, April 2002 Your message to Yusuf Salamu 'alaykum brother Yusuf, I wish you all the success in your work. Your Islamic songs are really great! May Allah reward you and protect and help you on, Amen. Salamu 'alaykum Ahlam Name: Abdul Haliem O. Gr. B. Date: 11-05-2002 Your message to Yusuf Yusuf I became a Muslim two years ago. Its great. I want to thank Allah and all the people that made it possible that I found this. Greetings, Salaam aleikum ragmatullah wa barrakatu, Abdul Haliem Name: Samah Alali Date: 13/5/02 Your message to Yusuf Assalammualaykum Dearest Yusuf, I am lost for words to write! i would just like to say how much the Islamic world appreciates your work! May Allah bless you, your family and the whole ummah of Muhammad (saw). Words can not express my feelings for you, you take my breath away! i know you are very busy, but if you ever get the chance please write to me, you would make me the happiest girl on earth! sarahalali@hotmail.com Name: sarahalali88@hotmail.com Date: 13/5/02 Your message to Yusuf Salammualaykum dearest Yusuf I WAS LOOKING FOR WORDS TO USE THAT WOULD MAKE MY MESSAGE STAND OUT, BUT IT SEEMS THE WHOLE WORLD FEELS THE SAME ABOUT YUSUF ISLAM. Please visit Australia some time soon, and more importantly please email me , even if you just write SALAM, it would make me the happiest girl ever. YOUR A ROLE MODEL TO MUSLIMS ALL AROUND THE WORLD THANKYOU sarahalali88@hotmail.com Name: Marilou Date: 14th of may 2002 Your message to Yusuf I wish Yusuf/Cat all the best and good things in the world. He gave so many happy moments in my life through his music. I wish him and his family a wonderful life together. It is my deepest wish to see/speak to him before I'll die, but I'm afraid this will always be a dream. Name: Khalid Malik, LONDON Date: 15th May 2002 Your message to Yusuf As-Salam Alaikum Dear Brother Yusuf Islam I pray to Allah that he rewards you handsomely for all the tireless work you have done for Allah's cause and that HE gives you even more strength to continue to do so, Aameen. May Allah guide the muslims and those that stray onto that TRAIN towards PEACE... Name: Shirley Ann Godwin Date: 20th May 2002 Your message to Yusuf Hello Yusuf I welcome this opportunity to send a message to you. I have loved your music since I was a teenager in the early '70's. A few months ago I woke up in the night after having dreamt about you and your music. So you must have touched my deepest psyche somewhere! Since then I have been playing your music a great deal and searching through websites to find out more about you. I mostly want to say thank you very much for the beautiful music you gave to us in those years. It is truly a wonderful legacy. I know you are very much a family man now. I too have a family of my own, who are very important to me. With regard to your religion and calling in life. I am happy that you found your way. It is a path that was inevitable and I am glad you have found peace. Peace, love and happiness always Your devoted 'fan' and friend Shirley (otherwise known as stargazer) Name: Rachl Sperseneau Date: 05/25/02 Your message to Yusuf I am mixed race jew who lives in Boston. Your music has carried me gently through a rape and the death of a parent. Thank you for a gift beyond description. God Bless. Shalom. Name: Keith Amess Date: 29/5/02 Your message to Yusuf Thanks for the great music you produced I am and always will be a huge fan   Name: Rev. Haus Miller Date: 6-11-02 Your message to Yusuf I relate to and love your music. I am using your lyrics as an introduction to a Father's Day Message this Sunday. May the Lord Jesus bless you. May Allah be with you. Name: Jian Ming Date: 19/06/02 Your message to Yusuf Dear Jian Ming: I've successfully opened the e-mail from last year. Even I should be condemned by the God, I still want to say I love you now as I ever used to be. I love to keep the dialogue with your hart when your ready to open it to me. I shell write to you shortly. Jian jianmingt@sh163.net Name: Kami Clementine Date: 7-2-02 Your message to Yusuf I miss you and your deep ways. Be happy baby. You deserve it! Love,k Name: sana Date: 6/7/2002 Your message to Yusuf i would like to tell Yusuf that i see so much dipair in this world dominated by super powers who cant see beyond there noses.and i want to ask u is all the terrorism being done by muslims? look around u can u see any one living in peace.everyone is distressed in there own way.i want u to help me me by telling me and showing me how to live my life. Name: Rachel Date: 7-6-2 Your message to Yusuf Thank you for your beautiful songs. They paint pictures that no other artist could. & as a Christian, I give you all of my love and peace. Name: Robert Beaudry Date: 7-14-02 Your message to Yusuf one day my brother gave me an album called tea for the tillerman.I could not believe how great this album was.the music,the words and the feeling behind it.ever since then I was hooked on a man called cat stevens.Once in a life time someone comes along and changes your life and for me that person is you Yusuf.Thank you very much. Name: Valerie Date: 19 July 2002 Your message to Yusuf As a real child I loved your music- only music all the time. But now, I admire what you do with kids and their learning and their hearts. I admire how strong you have been for so long in what you believe, and how you have tried for ages to explain what you believe and what you found. I love how you always loved your Mum! Name: Gerda Francis Date: 19 July, 2002 Your message to Yusuf Greetings on your Birthday Yusuf. I have come to appreciate your teachings and Muslim ways, even though I was very disappointed initially when you announced your retirement. I felt you were depriving the world of your spiritualism and talent. I realize I was just being selfish. Now I know that it was all necessary,if you were to become the teacher that you are. I am happy that you are at peace with yourself and have offered so much of yourself to many. I thank Allah for your existance. Name: Francheska Date: July 20 02 Your message to Yusuf I would like to say that this beautiful soul has touched my soul and heart with his music.From the moment I heard my first Cat Stevens song to today when I sit here reading about Yusuf, I am a fuller person because I have been touched by him.If you Yusuf were to really read this I would say simply that I LOVE.......EVERYTHING ! Name: FRANCHESKA Date: July 20 02 Your message to Yusuf My soul has been touched by your beautiful music...your beautiful soul.I am a fuller being because of you.I could say so much but simply I LOVE......everything...you are so special and I am like a burst of light and love when your music/soul touches me. Name: Heather Hamilton Date: 21st July 2002 Your message to Yusuf Just to say remembering you on your birthday and to wish a happy and peaceful time for yourself and your family. From someone who has been an admirer of your work since 1966, seen many of your shows and still enjoys listening to your music. Enjoy your day. Name: jill kalantari Date: 8/22/02 Your message to Yusuf I just want to thank you for making such beautiful and meaningful music.You are an inspiration in my life. Happy Birhtday! Jill Name: Kalyn Date: 7-25-02 Your message to Yusuf Just this past year I moved to a new town after living in one place for the main part of my life. I am just 15, and I was worried about making friends and fitting in. When I went to school the first day I was greeted with a wonderful group of people who played in the school band. They are a very special groupd of people I will always remember. Though they are a few years older than me their maturity and respect for the finer things in life is astounding. The first song of yours I heard was Morning has broken, my friends sang it at a Bible Study service. Then later they sang, spur of the moment like, Moonshadow when they were fiddling on the guitars. From then on I have been hooked. This music is so fine and beautiful, it will never be matched. It has changed me and helped me throughout my moving transition and life transition. Thank you so much, and I respect you for your deciscions in life. You rock :) Kalyn Name: Micah Date:   Your message to Yusuf Cat/Yusuf I would just like to say thank you for the beautiful music you have given us over the years. Even though we dont share the same religion, I wish you love, peace, and happiness as you continue on in this journey called LIFE. God bless.... Name: denise mulloy Date: july 30 Your message to Yusuf Dear Yusuf, I cannot hear one of your songs without remembering summers at my cottage when I was 17. Your music was all we played and I can't believe I can still remember all the lyrics at 46!!!! Thanks so much for the gift of your music for all those years. Best Regards, Denise Mulloy Canada Name: Sharie Date: August 5, 2002 Your message to Yusuf I had kind of a lonely childhood, and you made me realize I wasn't alone, you were also my first love. Thank you for the incredible music straight from you soul! Name: Michael Crabtree Date: 8/7/02 Your message to Yusuf i cant think of right words to say Name: Nita Andani Date: Aug 14' 2002 Your message to Yusuf Dear Yusuf, It's the best chance for me to write somthing to you that I've been waiting for since last year to write something to you. Hope you would reply me after you read it. I'm really happy and glad when I read about you especially after u converted to Islam. It's seems like a miracle that made someone like you could changed to the right way. I almost can't believe about what u have explain in many interviews and articles. I read a lot of or articles and can't explain how is my feeling when I'm trying to tell you something. It's impressed me much, and I like to read more about you. you have an Islamic school and being a good muslim. That's unbelievable. Mr. yusuf, would you pls tell me where did you meet wife ? because I heard that she came from Tukiye. I heard that when I got an album which is no sale in Indonesia. The title is A IS FOR ALLHA. I got it from my friend in Turkiye. I wish I could have all your islam album. I wanna hear all your album but there is no sale in Indonesia. Would you try to launch ur all islam's album to Indonesia ? Best wishes for you, Salam. Nita. Name: Nita Andani Date: Aug 14' 2002 Your message to Yusuf Dear Yusuf, Once again Happy Birthday and GOD bless you. Pls reply me for any information about muslim in the world or any information about you and your family. Thnx Wassalam Nita Name:   Date:   Your message to Yusuf Dear Yusuf, It's the best chance for me to write somthing to you that I've been waiting for since last year to write something to you. Hope you would reply me after you read it. I'm really happy and glad when I read about you especially after u converted to Islam. It's seems like a miracle that made someone like you could changed to the right way. I almost can't believe about what u have explain in many interviews and articles. I read a lot of or articles and can't explain how is my feeling when I'm trying to tell you something. It's impressed me much, and I like to read more about you. you have an Islamic school and being a good muslim. That's unbelievable. Mr. yusuf, would you pls tell me where did you meet wife ? because I heard that she came from Tukiye. I heard that when I got an album which is no sale in Indonesia. The title is A IS FOR ALLHA. I got it from my friend in Turkiye. I wish I could have all your islam album. I wanna hear all your album but there is no sale in Indonesia. Would you try to launch ur all islam's album to Indonesia ? Best wishes for you, Salam. Nita. nita_andani@yahoo.com Name: Judy Date: 8/14/02 Your message to Yusuf Hello, If I only knew you realy read these in which I hope you do. You have been such an inspiration in my life. Sad Liza WOW! When I heard this is when I fell in Love with you. You are a true legend and we loved you then, now and forever! I wish you a Happy Birthday in the years to come. Thank you, for your beautiful music. You are a Beautiful Man. Thank you! I Love You. Name: Doua Date: August 15, 2002 Your message to Yusuf Salaamu Allah Ta'ala Alikoum Wa Rahmetullahe Ta'ala Wa Barakatu :) Alhamdulellah for every thing...May Allah Belss You, and your family, and every and each Muslim In This WHOLE WORLD...Ameeen :) I love all of your Anasheed...They are so beautiful...There will be a party that we will be making in the Masjid, and the little children Will be singing "A IS FOR ALLAH" Insha-Allah Ta'ala :) May Allah Bless Every And Each Muslim Out There..Ameeen.... Please send me the words for the Song, "A IS FOR ALLAh" Mail me on SarahNJ16@AOL.COM Name: Jean Joo Date: 2002.08.16 Your message to Yusuf Missing your music man...wish you gave us some new songs... Have a long Yusufly life! JJ Name: May Lillian Larsen Date: August 16, 2002 Your message to Yusuf Wishing you a very happy 54th birthday!!! Hoping that you include Oslo, Norway on your next World Tour....look forward to seeing and hearing you again!!!!!!! A Forever Fan....... Name: Cheryl B. Selinger Date: Aug. 17, 2002 Your message to Yusuf This summer passed peacefully, in our healing nation. Many have taken time to remember the birthday of a great musical talent, Cat Stevens, affectionaly known as Yusuf Islam. As we remember his music, we realize the peace he still brings to our lives and to future generations, your fan , Cheryl B. selinger Name: Mickey  Mouse Date: ??????? Your message to Yusuf HAPPY BIRTHDAY YUSUF, We all love and miss you and your wonderfull family; don't stay away to long, Yours Truely TMK Name: Kate Peterson Date: August 18th, 2002 Your message to Yusuf I can't begin to express my graditude towards you and your music! I admire everything you've done, and continue to do. Your music and wisdom has greatly affected my life. You've given me such a new perspective on things, and I'll forever be grateful. Best wishes~ Name: Hakim Date: 27/08/2002 Your message to Yusuf Thanks Mr cat for all what you've donne In music..an life.. even the world is still wild like you've said it ( Wild World) w're still hoping that when day the sun will shine.. Thanks for all.. Name: Tita Date: 28 August 2002 Your message to Yusuf Assalamualaikum...Yusuf. I really proud of you, you such an angel figure for me...Allah will always be with you. Name: jorge ponce gutiérrez Date: august 27, 2002 Your message to Yusuf steve, yusuf islam: you are the most wonderful songwriter that i ever heard, and the most nobleman in the world. i would like to know you personally, but at least i hope you receive this message. i am mexican, male, 42 years old, and i am your fan since 1970, when i was only 10 years old. the first song of you that i heard and left a deep knowledge and inspiration about my relationship between my father and me, and actually between my sons and daughters and me is 'father and son'. you are a wonderful human being yusuf islam. peace be with you. jorge ponce gutiérrez. Name: Godfrey Charles Mlelwa Date: 29 August 2002 Your message to Yusuf I wish wonderfully life and i will pray for so that u live with people around u happilly Name: willow Date: 9/1/2002 Your message to Yusuf Dear Yusuf, I have always loved your music since the 70's. Still carry it within my heart. I have also chosen a religious choice that is "off the beaten path" as you did then, and I respect your conviction and dedication, O So Much! It's not easy for others to see the WHY of it all, but it's all between oneself and their sense of what Spirit is. Brightest Blessings to you Always, Willow Name: Susanne   (Germany) Date: 2 September 2002 Your message to Yusuf Dear Yusuf, Your beautiful, sensitive songs fill me with new hope and confidence. Thank you so much and all my good wishes, Sanna Name: lynn Date: 9/10/02 Your message to Yusuf Dear Cat, I grew up listening to you, and the first song I learned to play on guitar was "How Can I Tell You," which to this day remains the most beautiful love song I've ever heard. I also saw you perform in the mid-1970s at Jadwin Gym in Princeton, and I came backstage to give you a poem I'd written and to meet you. I still love your music and although I miss you dearly, I respect your decision to move on. But I just would like to say thank you so much for making music that reached me as a troubled teenager and helped me navigate through difficult times. Bless you for all of your work, then and now, and may your light shine forever. Name: Cathri Mintjes Date: 10 september 2002 Your message to Yusuf I wanted you to know that i really enjoy your music and lyrics. Please make more of them, :-). Take care and much love to you, Cathri Name: matthew kelley Date: 9/11/02 Your message to Yusuf dear yusif, i am 16 years old but i have been a fan of yours since i was 13. your music is my safe haven fom the world. no matter what is going on in my life all i have to do is listen to your music and i feel completely at peace witht he world. i really hope your ead this personally because i am writting this to you. i play guitar and write music as well, and youa re my insperation for alot of my songs. i wish there was some way we could have an online relationship of some sort because there is so much i would like to talk to you about. even if you can only respond once or twice it would still be surreal to have conversed wiht you. you can contact me at vitroe@aol.com , and if you never actually read this or never respond i would understand. your faithfull listener matthew kelley Name:   Date:   Your message to Yusuf I am writing to my 19 year old daughter about change and growing up. I think of your "Father and Son" song. It relates so much to what I want to say. I hope you don't mind that I use your song in my message to her. You have written wonderful words. Thank you. An olde fan. Janie Roberts Name: furkan çaliskan Date: 18 .9 2002 Your message to Yusuf i am a muslim from turkey. i love cat and i love yusuf.songs and all of your muslim life Name: mohticher@hotmail.com Date: 19/09/2002 Your message to Yusuf salam alikoum ya cheikh,i hope you doing well and your family too , i want you sheikh to pray for me, because im needed for your duaa my name is mhamed im from algeria ,and actually i live in uk Name: Michael Smiatacz, Jr. Date: 09/24/2002 Your message to Yusuf Well Mr. Yusuf, You have been a huge insperation to me and my sister for a number of years. Your energy has givin me a reason to play your music and want to learn again. I've been playing guitar since I was eight yrs old. Now I'm twenty-six and I still love your magic. Will you ever play again? And if so do you already? Do you still practice? I hope so. Well I hope this letter finds you and finds you well. Have a grateful day. Thank you for reading this Sir. Name: KAZI AOUAL ANISSE Date: 300902 Your message to Yusuf SALAM ALIKOUM AUJOURDHUI JE VEUX ETRE EN CONTACT AVEC VOUS OU UN DE VOTRE COLLABORATEUR D'EDITION IL M'EST AGREABLE DE VOUS ANNONCER QUE JE VIENS DE CREE UN NOUVEAU PRODUIT DE DECORATION DES ARTICLES DE PREMIER CHOIX DE DERNIERE CREATION ET DU MEILLEUR GOUT A DES CONDITIONS DE VENTE RAISONNABLES UNE GRANDE VARIETE DE MODELES DERNIER CRI DE QUALITE EXCEPTIONNELLE qui represente la sagesse supreme des versets et sourates brodées en caligraphie ottmanienne sur une tapisserie de style elegante POUR CELA AUJOURDHUI JE VOUS DEMANDE DE M'ACCORDER UN ENTRETIEN AVEC VOTRE SERVICE DE COMMUNICATION POUR LA DIFFUSION DE CE PRODUIT QUE VOUS ALLEZ INCHAALLAH APPRECIER DE CE TRAVAIL REFLECHI (la sagesse est a rechercher par tous les croyants) je vous laisse mes coordonnés email" a.kazi@caramail .com/ kazi aoual anisse 9 rue du bief du moulin 21600 longvic _O_b_j_e_c_t_i_f_ decrocher les points de vente en angleterre inchaallah merci de bien me communiquer cher frere toutes decisions prises Name: Andrew Date: 9/30/02 Your message to Yusuf Dear Yusuf, What can i say, i believe you are a great man. One who has brought so much happiness to the world, through your music. I am fifteen, very soon to be sixteen. Your music has given me such inspiration in my time of adolescence. My sixteenth birthday is this sunday and plan to buy another of your albums. You are in my prayers! Another Fan, Andrew Name: steve Date: 10-3-02 Your message to Yusuf ur music has grown on me lately, thanks for writing these great songs Name: Jason Kellen Date: 10/10/02 Your message to Yusuf Dear Jason kellen I like you very much from James Name: khelladi khelladi Date: 23.10.2002 Your message to Yusuf dear youcef, i'm one modest algerian citizen called khelladi 30 years old,i'm one of the great fun of the youcef islam's mania,i want to send you all my best greetings which result that you must take in allah's path & be careful of this bad un-eternel dounia (life).Jews are everywhere,& they are those who can make all the bad sudden changes..... paradise is our aim.....so we must complete! bye & see you there(heaven,) Name: Nabeelah Date: 27/10/2002 Your message to Yusuf salaams Yusuf..ive been gettin info on u as being a role model to the muslims of today.. keep up the awesum work! hope to meet you when you come again to durban! ill be lookin foward to our next CD all the best.. with lotsa duaas.. ur no.1 fan.. nabeelah Name: Jason Moser-Wilcox Date: November 3rd/2002 Your message to Yusuf If the rest of the world were to share your outlook and beliefs, we would all be free from war, deceit & greed. Thanks for your beautiful music, and your beautiful example. Name: Colleen Date: November 4th Your message to Yusuf Ramadan Mubarak to Brother Yusuf and his family. during this most holy time may we all inshaAllah remember those who are suffering every day, and may their suffering diminish and their blessings increase. Colleen Name: Barbara Date: 11-11-02 Your message to Yusuf Hello Yusuf, How are you? I just want to say to you... May Allah bless you always.. I wish for you and your family... "SUNSHINE & RAINBOWS"..Always.. You are a very special person and it shows in all that you do.... When I see you now all I see is Peace.. You have truly found your Peace of Mind.. A friend always, Barbara Name: Dan     IL  708 USA Date: 11/12/02 Your message to Yusuf Yusuf your a great man I think that because you are living the life you wish to live it. Iam not sure if you well ever get this but i want to wish you the best in you life. Keep riding that peace train and we will all be all right. Name: Elyse Lucas Date: Nov. 24 Your message to Yusuf You are the man that can take this country and bring us out of these dark times. Through your songs you have opened up my eyes about the world and i have learned to love. Your voice is my outlet to the world and i could never thank you enouph! God be with you, Elyse Lucas Name: Jan Mogford Date: 25/11/02 Your message to Yusuf Dear Steve/Cat /Yusuf I raised my children on your beautiful music and now my eldest son plays your music to his children .I have always understood the message in your words and music and will always be eternally grateful for the peace it has given me.God Bless you forever. j_mogford@yahoo.co.uk Name: samiun Shahab Date: 11/29/02 Your message to Yusuf Assalam-ualaykum, i was searching through some of your stuff, when i came across this, I really appreciate what you have done for muslims in this world, May Allah guide you always and sincerely all my brothers and sister including me to the right path of islam. Amen!! Samiun Name: Diane Date: 12-2-2002 Your message to Yusuf I wish you health,happiness,and peace. You have grown up to be a wonderful man! Name: Sha'ista Abbas Date: 3 December 2002 Your message to Yusuf Ramadaan and Eid Mubarak. May the All-Mighty Allah keep you steadfast in Islam and grant you happiness, Insha-Allah. Make du'aa for me, I'm going for Hajj next year, insha-allah Shukrun Name: mahmut kilic Date:   Your message to Yusuf selamun aleykum.haw are you we brother. Name: Ernest Blanco Date: Dec 6/2002 Your message to Yusuf I write songs. I can only imagine writing the songs that you did in the 70's was an intensely personal experience. Profound. How did you do it? I am happy with simple things. If you haven't yet found the peace you were looking for please don't forget the simple things. Happy Birthday! Name: mohammmed sharif Date: 7/12/2002 Your message to Yusuf yusuf you and zain beaker r the best at anasheed mashallah both of u should come togher and sing with each.do you know where to find zain beaker from the internet?if you do please send me web site on my email on [gcita20@yahoo.co.uk} Name: Mike Boyer(Alaska USA) Date: Dec 11, 2002 Your message to Yusuf Dear Yusuf: I wish for a moment you could see every scene in which your music has played: every dimly lit room of lovers, every bar of hot and crowded youth, every desert campfire, every cocktail party, the millions of car radios going millions of places, the garages, the basements, the kitchens, the streets; you have sung for the worker, the traveler, the student, the king. You have touched the world with your gift. Everywhere you were heard, you entered the ear, the mind, the consciousness. But your message remained. Like a seed, it found fertile soil in the thoughtful person. Today your songs continue to be as alive as ever. And time is the true test of art. For example, I graduated high school in desolate West Texas in 1991, yet our unofficial class song was "Wild World." Everyone had Cat Steven's greatest hits. Today I am a professor, and seldom a class goes by that someone will not pick up on a Cat Stevens lyric that I have insert in a lecture. The seed you have planted in one generation has flowered and, in turn, seeded the next generation. Your messages and the impact of experiencing your music live on. Best, Mike Boyer Name: Amanda Jackson Date: December 12, 2003 Your message to Yusuf I sit listening to song after song...and I just cry. It's a cry that I have never experienced before. A pure cry. Not a selfish cry from a sadness....a higher cry. Thank you. You have a wonderful way of touching my heart. Amanda Jackson Baylor University PO Box 83465 Waco, Tx 76798 Amanda_D_Jackson@baylor.edu Name: Irene Date:   Your message to Yusuf You´re the best!! I may be 14 years old, and I wasn´t born when you were rhe most popular, but I have almost all of your songs! All I have to say about you is that you´re the best! I LOVE YOUR MUSIC! I LOVE YOU MAN!! don´t ever stop playing you music, you ´ve made the best music that have ever existed!! And I thank you!! My hero! Name: hicham el abdi Date: 24/12/2002 Your message to Yusuf Hello Pearl,As you see,there are plenty of people,all over the world,who like,love and respect you as a Man and as an artist..I am but a drop of them.I see there is one reason,among many,behind this:the power and warmth in your voice that struggles to speak and sing for the soul in you and then to mankind all..Really you have inspired the world as Cat and now as Yusuf..Thank you too much for what you have been giving and thanks to Great God that HE has created Yusuf.. Love and peace..zahich1@caramail.com   Top of Page