Cat scratches Pope

Figuring "I'm already on the no-fly list, so where's the harm", Yusuf Islam has had a go at the Pope's deliberate stirring of the Islamic pot.

Thinking back to his days when, as Cat Stevens, he was a bit of a Catholic himself, Yusuf shook his head:

"At one point, I used to believe that the pope was infallible," Islam said, referring to teachings he received while attending a Catholic school as a boy.

The pontiff "should have looked elsewhere if he wanted to quote but we respect the pope and his position," he said, adding it was good Benedict had retracted his statement "in a way."

That way being, of course, as grudging a way as possible.

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