mare nga: The Guardian International
The singer formerly known as Cat Stevens, branded by the US as a potential terrorist risk, was awarded a peace prize in Rome yesterday for his humanitarian work.
Mikhail Gorbachev presented Yusuf Islam with the "man for peace" award at a meeting of Nobel peace laureates. The former Soviet leader praised him for standing by his convictions.
In September, the singer turned up on Washington's no-fly list for having suspected ties to terrorists, a claim he has called ludicrous.
The singer, who largely gave up music after converting to Islam in the 1970s, said: "Perhaps it's part of the irony that sometimes you have to go through a test in order to achieve a prize."
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