Palestinian factions have called for a demonstration at the al-Aqsa Mosque and staging a general strike and protests throughout the nation to condemn the desecration of the holy site by Israelis.
The Islamic Resistance Movement of Hamas declared Friday as a Day of Rage and urged mass attendance of Friday prayers as well as a rally at the Muslims' cared shrine in response to the recent Israeli blasphemy.
Fatah Central Committee, the movement's highest governing body, has meanwhile demanded a general strike calling for Palestinians' 'steadfastness and determination' to keep hold of their holy sites.
The committee also called for peaceful demonstrations that would show al-Quds (Jerusalem) is Palestinians' 'eternal capital' and the future seat of government in an independent state.
Clashes erupted early last Sunday after a group of Jewish radicals broke into the yard of al-Aqsa Mosque an attacked Palestinians . About 16 Palestinians were injured in the clashes, according to media reports.
The incident made the Secretary General of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, express disapproval over the incursion by Israeli extremists. He called upon the international community to exert pressure on Israel and force it to halt such flagrant violations.
Hamas official Mushir al-Masri in addition said the injury of several Palestinians in clashes with Israeli extremists who broke into the yard of al-Aqsa mosque was 'the fruit of the tripartite meeting' in Washington between acting Palestinian Authority chief, Mahmoud Abbas, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Barack Obama.
Last Monday, demonstrators in Amman set the Israeli flag on fire and called on the government officials to sever diplomatic relations with Tel Aviv in reaction to Israeli soldiers' breaking into the Muslim sacred shrine.
Dozens of trade unionists and politicians meanwhile staged a sit-in in front of the headquarters of Jordan's Professional Association Council. Protesters held banners reading, "Our blood is shed for you, our souls are sacrificed for your sanctity. We swear to you, Aqsa, that we will never forget you".
Muslims consider the trespass into the al-Aqsa Mosque yard as part of a Judaization campaign that targets the holy city of al-Quds and a provocation of Muslim feelings.
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In a landmark decision, Britain’s trade unions have voted overwhelmingly to commit to build a mass [movement for] boycott, disinvestment and sanctions on Israel for a negotiated settlement based on justice for Palestinians.
The motion was passed at the 2009 TUC Annual Congress in Liverpool today (17 September), by unions representing 6.5 million workers across the UK.
Hugh Lanning, chair of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, said: ‘This motion is the culmination of a wave of motions passed at union conferences this year, following outrage at Israel’s brutal war on Gaza, and reflects the massive growth in support for Palestinian rights. We will be working with the TUC to develop a mass campaign to boycott Israeli goods, especially agricultural products that have been produced in illegal Israeli settlements in the Palestinian West Bank.’
The motion additionally called for the TUC General Council to put pressure on the British government to end all arms trading with Israel and support moves to suspend the EU-Israel trade agreement. Unions are also encouraged to disinvest from companies which profit from Israel’s illegal 42-year occupation of Gaza and the West Bank.
The motion was tabled by the Fire Brigades Union. The biggest unions in the UK, including Unite, the public sector union, and UNISON, which represents health service workers, voted in favour of the motion.
The motion also condemned the Israeli trade union Histadrut’s statement supporting Israel’s war on Gaza, which killed 1,450 Palestinians in three weeks, and called for a review of the TUC’s relationship with Histadrut.
Britain’s trade unions join those of South Africa and Ireland in voting to use a mass boycott campaign as a tool to bring Israel into line with international law, and pressure it to comply with UN resolutions that encourage justice and equality for the Palestinian people.
Sobhan Allah, 61 year old former Jewish German Journalist embraced Islam.
The following is a google translation of the article announcing this incident that was titled as Shock by the German newspaper: World
28th February 2008,
Shock of the Week
Henryk M. Broder converts to Islam
For many quite suddenly came yesterday one of the most popular authors of Germany officially to Islam. It was the culture journalist of the year 2007 so far this religion is always particularly critical target. GLASAUGE asked for the reasons for the surprising transfer
Hurrah, I convert! "With these words, the publicist announced Henryk M. Broder (61) his transfer to Islam. In an exclusive interview before the Neuköllner Reeza Imam Mosque Broder is resolved and clear. For decades, he had wrestled with it, now feel it is incredibly relieved and looking forward to a life as a devoted Muslim. Related links
Politicians and journalists will give it to Islam
Islamist running amok to Mecklenburg?
That it seriously Broder is significantly shortly thereafter when he points out that one could not speak of conversion. They were rather a return. "I am, like every human being, as a Muslim born. I have unfortunately only 61 years not to believe something. "Not without pride Broder reported, as presented in the presence of two Muslims Schahada spoken and shortly thereafter adopted an Arab first name. His full name Mohammed loud now Henryk Broder. "On the silly Modeste I have long wanted to abandon," the controversial journalist on record and supplemented with shining eyes: "I belong now to 1.3 billion Muslims all over the world, to the chronically offended and unpredictable reactions tend. I have the feeling that I am at home, finally arrived. "I had the mother anaemic blog sons fed" According to the reasons for his sudden transfer asked Broder is not embarrassed to answer: "I was getting tired of anaemic native sons in blogs such as "Politically Incorrect", "Freedom Watch" or "Fact-Fiction.net" to be worshipped. Michelle widern these busybodies that to any of my punch a runterholen if it is not exactly correct English spelling discuss. Unerträglich it was when I Grenzdebile as Heinz-Rudolf Kunze to my last book congratulated. I will not komplexbeladenen Onanisten but by glutäugigen Araberbengeln admired. "Especially the relationship of many Muslims about sexuality gave him the conversion made particularly tasty:" These Muslims are as pointed neighbor Lumpi. As is publicly fulminated against pornography, but under the shop counter, even my oldest editions of the St. Pauli messages like cut bread. The double standards of secular Germans is not vital enough to me. Mir is slowly inspiration. For 15 years, my articles are almost exclusively using copy and paste. "Hate preachers in Islam have a better Standing addition fascinated Broder of the profession hate preacher, in the Muslim world a much greater veneration than enjoy" in the Enlightenment Germany, with its soft-focus Differenzierungskacke ". Furthermore, a thick, bearded man in Arab countries generally positive, while in Germany permanently "Hetzkampagnen a wellnessverblödeten Gutmenschen-guerrillas" would be exposed. Keywords
Henry M. Broder Islam Mohammed Politcally Incorrect glass eye Once in Rage, Mohammed Broder leaves no doubt that the Western press into line and verjudet holds. "I *** on the Börne Prize and the entire pro-Israel delusions. What else can you yes this country not even think. I am not paranoid - and I know that all I suppose. In Israel itself, I have no way, it endured years. I was there simply ignored. That I forget the Matzeköppen not. "Asked whether in the course of his conversion also become anti-Semite, Broder replied enigmatically:" I have written it in 1986 showed that the majority of Jews are anti-Semites. But I am now no longer Jew. Haha, what they say now? "" Infidels of the week "- the new killer section disadvantages can Broder in his conversion has not recognise. While showing his "bosom friend" George W. Bush publicly puts out, and even threatening ( "Big Broder, we are watching you"), but he had privately via SMS amicably the thumbs down ( "Keep the faith, you crazy broderliner"). Ever do it a lot of attention these days. Positive and negative. That's why he was never gone, but he left it take in purchasing and confront the private letters online. But he had an extra column "infidels of the week" on its new website "Mein_Djihad". Broder, who has spent decades with the religion of Muslims at least as much savvy as Peter Scholl-Latour, knows that now some importance to him: "Five times daily salad. Hopefully I shall be not to screw, "laughs the baroque mood nestelt man and on his head scarf
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And here is the German text, I do not want to place the link because it contains bad scenes. Insh aAllah will keep looking for a better translation.
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Februar 2008,
Schock der Woche
Henryk M. Broder konvertiert zum Islam
Für viele völlig unvermittelt trat gestern einer der beliebtesten Autoren Deutschlands offiziell zum Islam über. Dabei hatte der Kulturjournalist des Jahres 2007 bislang gerade diese Religion immer besonders kritisch ins Visier genommen. GLASAUGE fragte nach den Gründen für den überraschenden Übertritt
Hurra, ich konvertiere!“ Mit diesen Worten verkündet der Publizist Henryk M. Broder (61) seinen Übertritt zum Islam. In einem Exklusiv-Interview vor der Neuköllner Imam-Reeza-Moschee zeigt sich Broder gelöst und heiter. Jahrzehntelang habe er mit sich gerungen, jetzt fühle er sich unglaublich erleichtert und freue sich auf ein Leben als ergebener Muslim. Weiterführende links
Politiker und Journalisten geben's dem Islam
Islamistische Amokläufer nach Mecklenburg?
Dass es Broder ernst ist, wird kurz darauf deutlich, als er darlegt, man könne eigentlich nicht von Konversion sprechen. Es handle sich vielmehr um eine Rückkehr. „Ich bin, wie jeder Mensch, bereits als Muslim geboren. Ich habe es nur leider 61 Jahre nicht wahrhaben wollen.“ Nicht ohne stolz berichtet Broder, wie er in Anwesenheit zweier Muslime die Schahada gesprochen und kurz darauf einen arabischen Vornamen angenommen habe. Sein vollständiger Name laute nun Henryk Mohammed Broder. „Auf das alberne Modeste wollte ich schon lange verzichten“, gibt der streitbare Journalist zu Protokoll und ergänzt mit leuchtenden Augen: „Ich gehöre nun zu 1,3 Milliarden Muslimen in aller Welt, die chronisch zum Beleidigtsein und unvorhersehbaren Reaktionen neigen. Ich habe das Gefühl, ich bin endlich zu Hause angekommen.“ „Ich hatte die anämischen Blog-Muttersöhne satt“ Nach den Gründen für seinen unverhofften Übertritt befragt, ist Broder um Antworten nicht verlegen: „Ich hatte es satt, von anämischen Muttersöhnen in Blogs wie „Politically Incorrect“, „Freedom Watch“ oder „Fact-Fiction.net“ verehrt zu werden. Mich widern diese Wichtigtuer an, die sich auf jede meiner Pointen einen runterholen, wenn sie nicht gerade korrekte deutsche Rechtschreibung diskutieren. Unerträglich wurde es, als mir Grenzdebile wie Heinz-Rudolf Kunze zu meinem letzten Buch gratulierten. Ich will nicht von komplexbeladenen Onanisten, sondern von glutäugigen Araberbengeln bewundert werden.“ Gerade das Verhältnis vieler Muslime zur Sexualität habe ihm die Konversion besonders schmackhaft gemacht: „Diese Muselmanen sind spitz wie Nachbars Lumpi. Da wird öffentlich gegen Pornographie gewettert, aber unter der Ladentheke gehen selbst meine ältesten Ausgaben der St. Pauli Nachrichten wie geschnitten Brot. Die Doppelmoral der säkularen Deutschen ist mir nicht vital genug. Mir geht hier langsam die Inspiration aus. Seit 15 Jahren entstehen meine Texte fast nur durch copy und paste.“ Hass-Prediger haben im Islam einfach ein besseres Standing Zudem fasziniert Broder die Profession des Hass-Predigers, die in der islamischen Welt eine ungleich höhere Verehrung genieße als „im durch die Aufklärung weichgespülten Deutschland mit seiner Differenzierungskacke“. Zudem sei ein dicker, bärtiger Mann in arabischen Ländern grundsätzlich positiv besetzt, während er sich in Deutschland ständig den „Hetzkampagnen einer wellnessverblödeten Gutmenschen-Guerilla“ ausgesetzt sähe. Schlagworte
Henry M. Broder Islam Mohammed Politcally Incorrect Glasauge Einmal in Rage, lässt Mohammed Broder keinen Zweifel daran, dass er die westliche Presse für gleichgeschaltet und verjudet hält. „Ich scheiße auf den Börne-Preis und diesen ganzen Pro-Israel-Wahn. Was anderes darf man ja hierzulande nicht mal denken. Ich bin nicht paranoid – ich weiß, dass mir das alle unterstellen. In Israel selbst habe ich es übrigens kein Jahr ausgehalten. Ich wurde da einfach ignoriert. Das vergesse ich den Matzeköppen nicht.“ Auf die Frage, ob er im Zuge seiner Konversion auch Antisemit geworden sei, antwortet Broder rätselhaft: „Ich habe doch bereits 1986 schriftlich bewiesen, dass die Mehrheit der Juden Antisemiten sind. Aber ich bin ja jetzt kein Jude mehr. Haha, was sagen sie nun?“ „Ungläubige der Woche“ – die neue Knaller-Rubrik Nachteile kann Broder in seiner Konversion bisher nicht erkennen. Zwar zeige sich sein „Busenfreund“ George W. Bush öffentlich verstimmt und sogar drohend („Big Broder, we are watching you“), habe ihm aber privat per SMS freundschaftlich die Daumen gedrückt („Keep the faith, you crazy broderliner“). Überhaupt erfahre er dieser Tage viel Aufmerksamkeit. Positive wie negative. Darum sei es ihm zwar nie gegangen, aber er nehme es gelassen in Kauf und stelle die privaten Briefe einfach online. Dafür habe er extra eine Rubrik "Ungläubige der Woche" auf seiner neuen Homepage "Mein_Djihad" eingerichtet. Broder, der sich schon seit Jahrzehnten mit der Religion der Muslime mindestens so gut auskennt wie Peter Scholl-Latour, weiß, dass nun einiges auf ihn zukommt: „Fünfmal täglich Salat. Hoffentlich werd’ ich nicht zur Schnecke“, lacht der barocke Gemütsmensch und nestelt an seinem Kopftuch
Firstly, I would like the reader please to look at the following Fatwa and afterwards we will elaborate on the topic and explain what we should all do.
(A Fatwa for a Shiit scholar given to a Shia living in Saudi Arabia that it is permissible for him to commit Zina (Muta`a marriage) with the Indonesian domestic helper.
The Fatwa is as follows:
Chapter of unsustainable marriage
The Question:
I sent you a question that was as follows: I have a domestic helper and I would like to conduct a Muta`a marriage contract with her..Am I allowed, taking in consideration that she is a virgin? Your answer was: it is permissible with the permission of her father or paternal grandfather.
My next question is..does it suffice for her to call him and take the permission from him, or do I have to speak to him, taking in consideration that her family live in Indonesia and we are living in Saudi Arabia and I do not speak their language? It is allowed to conclude the marriage contract with her without her family's permission because she is living in a foreign country and we might not be able to take her family's permission?
The Fatwa: it is enough to take her permission personally and conclude the marriage contract with her if you feel comfortable about the permission, and it was difficult to contact her Walli and she was in a dire need for marriage. She is in such case allowed to marry without his permission.
Now let us clarify a number of issues. Shia`a, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, just like other Gulf countries, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen and of course Iran are known of being inconsiderate about protecting honor, chastity and reputation. They practice something called Muta`a marriage whereas it is actually Zina with the approval of both parties. In this type of marriage, a man and a woman agree on a contract allocating certain fees to the woman. The contract may be concluded to remain valid for an hour, day, or month according to the situation of both parties. By the way, the woman might be married and conclude a Muta`a contract with another man. This is proved in their books, Fatwa of their scholars, a number of video recordings of Shiit women I had access to.
We need to highlight as well that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is a Muslim Sunni country where Shia`a represent a small percentage living in the east part of the Kingdom. Indonesia is another Muslim Sunni country that is considered to be the largest Muslim country. Recruitment and employment offices contract tens or hundreds of thousands of Indonesian domestic helpers to work for Saudi families. Nearly, every Saudi household has one. Employment offices operating in the Kingdom apply a set of rules and conditions. Mostly, the domestic helper receives kind treatment specially if she is working for a religious and conservative family. But there is no law that prohibits that the helper might end up in the swamp of a Shiit family. This means, according to the Fatwa, that male members of the Shiit household will sequentially commit Zina with the Muslim Sunni Indonesian girl. They will even (the male Shia) gain reward and good deeds for this disgraceful act. According to their scholars, they claim that whoever concludes this type of disgusting marriage gains a major reward. The question here is, who will stand for our the Indonesian Muslim women? Who would save our Indonesian Muslim sisters from becoming victims of a Shiit household which does not maintain the trust (Amana) neither fear Allah. Shia`a maintain much enmity for all Sunni schools. They actually declared the companions as Kufar, and they call Sunnis Nawseb (those who openly express enmity towards Ahul Bayt: the Messenger's blessing and peace be upon him household). What would be expected when a Sunni Muslimah falls into their hands. Wallahi my brothers I used to feel this sectarianism before reading this scandalizing Fatwa. I used to be amazed and question what would be the status of a Muslim woman who falls in the hands of Shia`a the grandchildren of Magians, yes Shia`a are the descendants of Magian. The Shia`a school emerged in Iran which was a Magian country. It is known that the Magina religion allows marriage of Maharem (non marriageable: marriage to mothers and sisters). They are people who adopt an animal oriented sexual life. Shia`a inherited this as part of the religion. They brought it to Islam in the form of Muta`a marriage. Matter of fact, Islam does not call for this. I remember once I was in a Shia`a district in the Eastern part of the Kingdom with my wife. While passing in a narrow street, an Indonesian domestic helper came out of one of the Shia`a houses carrying items. She was in the maximum level of humility and downgrade. She did not look like a normal woman in terms of her clothing or appearance. Really a sorrowful image that can only be scene in Tragedy movies. The Muslim woman should not be living under such magnitude of lowliness till it reflects on her features and image unless her dignity and honor are abused. I really wished to stop her and investigate this issue. Another situation I encountered. I had a friend who works for an organization providing care for lost women. Most of them are domestic helpers who ran away from their employers due to either maltreatment, or other reasons. They are provided with shelter till their legal status is corrected, sent back home or handed to their families if they were local citizens. This brother is quoted as saying: the worst cases I experience are those domestic helpers working for Shiaa households. They are subjected to rape and sexual practices till they are forced to run away and hand themselves to this organization asking to go back home. Just imagine, in one of the cases, a Shiit woman requested to an office a domestic helper, she was provided with one in her 20s. She dressed her up in the best of appearance with full make up and jewelry and married her off to her husband. This was the story of one of the run aways according to my friend
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Shia`a are transgressing against the honor of Muslim Sunni women in our country and the law suffers a large gap. We are standing to watch such horrendous crimes and realize its magnitude. Shall we stand still? It is our duty to disseminate information. It is a shame that we stand still against this issue. I feel my manhood is falling short if I am unable to change this bitter reality. O brothers a believer is jealous, the Prophet blessing and peace be upon him is jealous and Allah may He be Glorified is even higher in jealously than all of us. It is not sufficient for our jealousy to be restricted on our Mahram females. It is not enough to keep our jealousy confined to the walls of our houses. But rather we must feel jealous on the honor of Muslims worldwide otherwise we are not truly Muslims. We feel jealous when Zionist soldier rape a Muslim sister or an Iraqi who is assaulted by an American. We equally feel jealous for our sisters everywhere just as we do for our daughters and sisters otherwise we are not Muslims. Your duty, my duty and the duty of every one who is aware of this tragedy is to have his/her voice heard. He /she must escalate the issue specially our brothers in Indonesia. No doubt the 200 million Indonisian Muslims must include those who feel terribly jealous on their sisters and fellow Indonesians. The thousand million Muslims worldwide must include those who feel this grief and are concerned to protect Indonesian Muslim honor. Our sisters who had to leave their families and live in foreign countries under humiliating conditions because of destiny and need.
Brothers and sister, here is the solution and I really hope for each one to contribute their inputs and more alternatives. Until now this is what I have of ideas:
Addressing the Saudi Government explaining how Shia`a behavior negatively affects the reputation of the government. It is recommended for international legal institutions to take this step such as human rights organization.
This topic must be widely spread in sites, forums, blogs specially those that are human rights oriented including labor and foreigners' rights.
Spreading the topic among Indonesian NGOs, organizations, and forums specially the serious and Islamic oriented including official ones.
Addressing the Indonesian embassies in Riyadh and Gulf countries (let us use this thread as a platform to design a message addressing the ambassador or councilor). Perhaps others may contribute contacts of Indonesia embassies and foreign affairs..etc.
Contacting human and labor rights organizationس and others.
Sending a message to media outlets that are concerned with such issues including newspapers, TV channels..etc.
Let us all work collectively to solve this issue. Just consider yourself in a battle and let us all stand in the same location.
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Now I'm not talking about books that are language books teaching the language...
What I mean is books on various islamic topics such as tawheed, stories of the prophets etc.. but are written for beginners so that they can understand the language better while learning about islam at the same time....
If anyone has anything can you please upload them to this thread.. that way anyone that wants to get some in the future can use this as a reference...
Saudi Arabia practises a conservative form of Sunni Islam
A leading Saudi cleric has called on Muslims not to pray for the destruction of unbelievers.
A supplication to that effect is often reiterated at the end of every Friday prayer in Arab countries, something critics say can radicalise youth.
Sheikh Salman al-Awda said such prayers were against Islamic sharia.
But he added they were permissible if the interests of Muslims were harmed, so his words may have little effect on radicals who oppose the US or Israel.
Reform issue
It is very common for the Friday prayer in Arab societies to end with the Imam calling for the destruction of the "kuffar", the un-believers, to which the worshippers respond "Amen".
Such public display of hostility to other cultures was picked up by critics as an example of how mainstream Islamic preaching contributes, perhaps inadvertently, to the radicalisation of Muslim youths.
The issue moved centre-stage in the debate about reform in Islam after the 9/11 attacks on New York and Washington eight years ago by 19 Muslim men, most of whom came from Saudi Arabia.
The question of reform is more urgent for Saudi society, where a puritanical interpretation of Islamic faith encourages hostility to other faiths, including even Muslim sects, such as the Shias, who complain of severe discrimination in the predominantly conservative Sunni kingdom.
Limited impact
Sheikh Salman is a respected cleric and a member of the International Association of Muslim Scholars, so his appeal should, at least in theory, should carry some weight.
He said praying for the destruction of the unbelievers runs against God's law, or Islamic sharia.
However, he added that praying for their destruction should be allowed only if they were harming the interests of Muslims.
But in a climate where Muslims are widely perceived to be under attack in Afghanistan, Iraq and the Palestinian territories, Sheikh Salman's appeal will have little or no impact on those who think that jihad against the Americans or the Israelis is a perfectly legitimate exercise.
For them the problem is not Islamic preaching, but rather an unjust world where Muslims are oppressed by foreign powers.
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As salaamu 'alaikum wa rahmatullah all,
I started this thread after receiving and email with a hadith that was verified. It sounded very beautiful but alas... I do not know if it's true.
So here's what we'll do.... Someone will come and post a hadith that they want verified and give the opportunity to us all to look it up and post the reference here... on this thread....
I'll also be pinning this topic for easier access...
Just a single rule... Whenever we reply to a hadith to be verified. Please quote the reference exactly to it e.g. "Sahih Muslim # 200" or something like that... If possible maybe you can copy and paste the ENTIRE text of the hadith in your post...
so here goes... the first hadith:
Quote:If a person makes Du ' a for Jannat three times, Jannat requests Allah that O, Allah; make his entry into Jannat.
And if a person makes Du ' a for safety from Jahannum three times, The Jahannnum requests Allah that, O, Allah; save him from Jahannum.
Released on - Thursday,17 September , 2009 -13:04 35 Yusuf Islam, the musician formerly known as Cat Stevens, is to return to the stage for his first tour since 1976, he said on Thursday.
The British singer-songwriter is to pick up his acoustic guitar once more to play his hits and unveil his first stage musical, entitled "Moonshadow".
The 61-year-old was born in London as Steven Georgiou and had hits in the 1960s and 1970s as Cat Stevens.
He became a Muslim in 1977, took the name Yusuf Islam and retreated from the pop stage, devoting himself to education and philanthropy.
He gradually returned to music in the 2000s and released the pop album "An Other Cup" in 2006, his first in 28 years, under the name Yusuf.
"My songs always told a story, so it's natural for me to extend that into a stage musical form," Yusuf said.
"It's taken a long time to arrive, but it's always been a dream of mine to write a musical. Growing up in the West End of London, surrounded by theatres and shows, obviously left a strong impression on me.
"I originally wanted to be a composer, not a pop star. Strange how it's taken almost a lifetime, but it had to -- the story is somewhat a metaphorical mirror of my own journey, so I suppose it had to wait to reach where I am today."
Cat Stevens' hits included "Wild World", "Morning Has Broken", "Peace Train", "Father And Son" and "The First Cut Is The Deepest".
Promoter Harvey Goldsmith said: "Yusuf wanted this return to be different and exciting for his fans. So we created a show that could show him at his best and also incorporate his new project -- the musical.
"With 'Moonshadow', he has woven songs old and new into a beautiful story of a boy named Stormy.
"It's an enchanting and inspired tale which is underpinned by a narrative about life's journey, a theme Yusuf knows more about than most."
The four dates announced so far on the November to December "Guess I'll Take My Time Tour" are in Dublin, Birmingham, Liverpool and at London's Royal Albert Hall.
