I didn't know Richard Thompson considered himself Muslim. Goes to show you faith is not something you've got to wear on your sleeve.

The article that talks about Thompson receiving hate mail for making Islam his religion also quotes Thompson talking about an anti-war song he put on his last album which I'm going to have to hear:

The peace-loving co-founder of Fairport Convention addresses current religious tensions on his latest lauded album, Sweet Warrior, which contains a biting anti-war song called Dad’s Going To Kill Me.

It uses the soldier slang for Baghdad – Dad – to explore the war from the bleak point of view of a grunt on the ground in Iraq.

“It’s got a lot of attention,” said the Grammy-nominated artist chirpily. “People either seem to love it or hate it. The reaction has been interesting, the troops generally like it and think it accurately represents their experiences and point of view. But the families and friends of troops generally hate it because they think the soldiers are out there fighting for freedom and democracy and this war has nothing to do with either of those things.”

You can read the full article here. Our song, "Operation Cakewalk", which also aims to portray the war from the soldier's point of view, can be found here.