Yusuf Islam back in the day appeared live on a TV debate programme called "After Dark". He was asked what he would do if Salman Rushdie appeared at his door. He replied that he would invite him in, sit him down, and whilst Rushdie was sitting there he would go off and telephone the Iranian authorities and inform them where he was.
This was no misquote - this was live on TV.
I would like to think he has mellowed over the last 20-odd years or so.