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| CAt STevens / Yusuf Islam pics from Jakarta Massiv |
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| SuperHiMY |
| 02/01/05 at 01:41:09 |
| Salam, Just added the following two weblinks onto my global vigil frontpage of the only two photos I could find online from Jakarta's Massive Tsunami Relief concert: Click http://editorial.gettyimages.com/source/search/details_pop.aspx?iid=52083974&cdi=0 http://editorial.gettyimages.com/source/search/details_pop.aspx?iid=52086510&cdi=0 for the first photos from Sunday's Jakarta's Massive Concert. Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens) singing 'Indian Ocean', song to be released in February to raise funds for Tsunami Relief. More links when I get them... ummm...I am assuming ppl here at Jannah.org actually care about me posting these here...eh? UPDATE #2: http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=482&u=/050130/482/xsp10401300035&printer=1 Yusuf Islam, the singer formerly known as Cat Stevens (news), center, and his wife Fawzia Islam, left, hands out money to children who survived the tsunami, Saturday, Jan. 29, 2005, in Lamno, Indonesia. Islam has composed a new song, 'Indian Ocean,' in response to the disaster and recently recorded it with musicians including A.R. Rahman, the prolific Indian composer/producer, Magne Furuholmen of A-Ha fame, and Travis drummer Neil Primrose. It will be released in February to raise money for children orphaned by the tsunami. (AP Photo/Suzanne Plunkett) Update #3: BANDA ACEH, Indonesia - The singer once known as Cat Stevens visited Indonesia's tsunami-devastated Aceh province, handing out money to orphaned children and praying at a mosque. The 56-year-old peace activist now known as Yusuf Islam plans to open a branch of his charity, Small Kindness, in Aceh to aid children who lost their parents. He traveled on a United Nations helicopter to the west Sumatran village of Lamno and then visited tent camps and a Muslim university Saturday in the provincial capital Banda Aceh. In Lamno and at the camps, he handed money to children, giving them about $22 each. "What do you need most right now?" he asked through a translator. "Schools," they said. Later he spoke at the Islamic University of Ar-Raniry and prayed at Banda Aceh's central mosque. Islam has written "Indian Ocean," which will be released this month for Small Kindness' tsunami aid efforts. He said the song tells the story of a British family, vacationing in Asia when the tsunami hits, who help a young girl orphaned by the disaster. The song includes the use of instruments, which the singer - whose folksy hits included "Peace Train" and "Wild World" - has avoided since embracing Islam in 1977. "To come as close to perfection for a song, you have to use whatever instruments are necessary to fulfill the needs of that song," he told The Associated Press. "My position on that issue has changed, especially when it's for a very good cause." ON THE NET http://www.yusufislam.org.uk |
| 02/01/05 at 03:06:52 |
| SuperHiMY |
| Re: CAt STevens / Yusuf Islam pics from Jakarta Ma |
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| jannah |
| 02/01/05 at 01:54:44 |
| wlm, Thanks for posting HImy!!! Yes we do appreciate it. I can't wait to hear the song when it comes out! MashaAllah Yusuf Islam has done so much good dawah for the ummah may Allah reward him with khair I remember this one convert bro in our community saying that after he saw the VH1 special on him, he was so happy because he didn't realize that white ppl could become Muslim!!! so that's when he became Muslim... Here's the lyrics to one of my favorite songs by him: God Is The Light How great the wonder of the heavens And the timeless beauty of the night How great, then how great the Creator? And its star like priceless jewels Far beyond the reach of kings Bow down for the shepherd guiding him home But how many eyes are closed To the wonder of this night? Like pearls hidden deep, beneath a dark stream of desires But like dreams vanish with the call to prayer And the dawn extinguishes night - here too are signs God is the Light, God is the Light How great the beauty of the earth and the creatures who dwell on her How great, then how great the Creator? As its mountains pierce the clouds High above the lives of men Weeping rivers for thousands of years But how many hearts are closed To the wonders of this sight? Like birds in a cage, asleep with closed wings But as work stops with the call to prayer And the birds recite - here too are signs God is the Light, God is the Light How great the works of man and the things he makes How great, then how great the Creator? Though he strives to reach the heavens He can barely survive The wars of the world he lives in Yet how many times he’s tried, himself to immortalise? Like his parents before him in the garden of Eden But like the sun sets with the call to prayer And surrenders to the night here too are signs God is the Light everlasting, God is the Light everlasting God is the Light everlasting, God is the Light everlasting Vocals: Yusuf Islam and Raihan Lyrics & Melody: Yusuf Islam. Producer: Yusuf Islam. Published by Mountain of Light. (c) 2001 Mountain of Light |
| 02/01/05 at 02:51:12 |
| jannah |
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