(Friday July 18, 2008 11:47 AM)
Yusuf Islam - the former Cat Stevens - has accepted substantial undisclosed libel damages over a claim that he was a sexist bigot who refused to speak to any women not wearing a veil.
The Muslim singer-songwriter's solicitor, Adam Tudor, told Mr Justice Eady at London's High Court that the allegations, which appeared in March last year, were entirely false .
"Mr Islam has never had any difficulties working with women, whether for religious or any other reasons," he said.
"In his normal life, women feature among some of the most influential people in Mr Islam's team."
Mr Tudor said that the article was distributed by the agency World Entertainment News Network (WENN) to subscribers, including the website Contactmusic.com, which boasts 2.2 million page views a month.
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