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Yusuf Islam, formerly the pop star Cat Stevens, said a small wave washed him ashore and pushed him toward becoming a Muslim. Islam, who recently released An Other Cup, his first commercial album in nearly three decades, told CBS TV he got caught in a current off Malibu beach in California in 1975 and prayed for help.
"Suddenly I was petrified. I thought this might be it," he said. "I said, 'God, if you save me, I'll work for you'."
