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Jackson confirms conversion to Islam

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Saturday February 24, 2007

Pop superstar Michael Jackson has confirmed his conversion to Islam, according to reports in the Middle East.

he Arab-Israeli newspaper Panorama claims Jackson has announced the move and revealed plans to move to Bahrain, where he has bought property.

The singer’s Muslim brother Jermaine yesterday claimed the Thriller hitmaker had taken interest in the religion since he converted in 1989 – and had been considering converting himself following his acquittal on child abuse charges in 2005.

Jermaine said: “When I came back from Mecca I got him (Michael) a lot of books and he asked me lots of things about my religion and I told him that it’s peaceful and beautiful.

“He read everything and he was proud of me that I found something that would give me inner strength and peace.

“I think it is most probable that Michael will convert to Islam.

“He could do so much, just like I am trying to do. Michael and I and the word of God, we could do so much.”

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kekep
wow, you seem so nervous writing that comment Fabiola!!
why is that so?
afraid that this is true?
hahhaha
IT IS
Jermaine has said that Michael will be buried in the Muslim way.
hailey
y wats wrong with islam… just try to read and search about the religion not look at the people. bec. human forgets and continuously commits sins. and sometimes suffer from black propaganda like muslims are suffering right now. yes i know a lot of muslim forget and seems tough and rude but if u meet the real ones not the hypocrites u will believe that there is real and one God coz they seem really faithful and good people. i wish u meet them like i do. not the bad guys the hypocrite muslim. you will meet alot of muslim arab they are racist and lazy and some of them are realy shameful, i hate them. but i love some of the arabs i met they are really god people not plastics. and very knowlegeable, about almost of everyting when it comes to the religion. i was a christian and my family is still christian i can see the difference both are good but i believe that being muslim doest mean u forget being christian but u just add and expand ur knowlege and concentrate in 1 and only God. peace out.
hailey
THIS IS THE ARTICLE FROM PANORAMA NEWPAPER
According to a an Arab-Israeli newspaper Michael Jackson is moving from Jehovah’s Witness to Islam. An Iranian newspaper reports that Michael Jackson donated a huge amount of money for building a state-of-the-art mosque near his luxury palace in the Bahraini capital.
According to a report on the Jewish website ynet.com, quoting the Arab-Israeli newspaper Panorama, Michael Jackson is moving from Jehovah’s Witness to Muslim:
“The singer said he decided to convert to Islam because he is convinced it is the closest religion to his personal beliefs.
Jackson also noted he intends to soon move all his assets and his studio from the U.S. to Bahrain, and expressed his hope to be rid of various legal troubles and enjoy the kind of freedom he says he does not have in America.
Notably, if the reports are correct Jackson would not be the first member of his family to make the move to Islam. His brother, Jermaine, who moved to the Gulf nation of Dubai, is also a convert.
According to the sources, Jermaine was the one to provide his famous brother with books about Islam and encouraged him to convert. The report says the pop star read the books and even added his comments on some pages.
Jackson was the center of recent controversy after it was reported that he referred to Jews as “leeches” in a phone message to a former business partner.
Referring to Jews, Jackson was heard saying that “they’re like leeches…I’m so tired of it…They start out the most popular person in the world, make a lot of money, big house, cars and everything. End up penniless. It is a conspiracy. The Jews do it on purpose.””
His Jewish attorney, Brian Oxman, denied on eurweb.com that Michael Jackson is anti-Semitic :
“”I have been with the Jackson family for 15 years, and I’m Jewish. I have never once seen anything anti-Semitic from him or from his family.” …Oxman doesn’t deny that it’s probably Jackson’s voice on the tapes, but insists that he has never experienced any anti-Semitism from the singer or any other member of the Jackson family.
Jackson’s rep Raymone Bain is also denying that Jackson is anti-Semitic. In a press release e-mailed Wednesday, she wrote:
“Michael Jackson does not have a racist bone in his body. Never would he say anything, or do anything, that would be offensive to any ethnic group, or hurtful to any ethnic group. It is not in his character, or his being. He has spent his entire life reaching out to people throughout the world by spreading love through his music, and his philanthropic efforts. It is unfortunate that these tapes are being disseminated throughout the airways without any due diligence with regards to the authenticity.”
An Iranian website reports that Michael Jackson, who recently settled down in Bahrain has donated a huge amount of money for building a state-of-the-art mosque near his luxury palace in the Bahraini capital:
“The proposed mosque would be designated for learning the principles and teachings of Islam, as well as teaching of English language, for which high-standard teachers would be brought from United States under his personal supervision, the spokesman said.
Jackson did so as a token of appreciation to the Bahraini people, who welcomed him and treated him as if he was one of the citizens of their country.”
Sources close to Michael Jackson denied the rumours that he was planning to donate money for the building of this mosque according the Bahrain based Gulf Daily News. In the past Michael Jackson donated huge amounts of money for building Watchtower Properties.
visitor
MJ never confirmed that rumor. In fact his official spoke person Raymone Bain denied it so stop dreaming and get your story straight
smilejacksons
YOU ARE JUST JEALOUS OF THE FASTEST GROWING RELIGION ON EARTH…..MICHAEL JACKSON HAS CONVERTED TO ISLAM AND I WILL NOT SAY FUCK THE HATERS OR THE JEALOUS SUCH BAD AND NASTY WORDS YOU ALWAYS UTTER……… I WILL ALWAYS SAY..RIP IN PEACE MICHAEL(MIKAEEL) YOU ARE IN THE DEEPEST PART OF MY HEART I ADORE YOU ………….ALLAH WILL GRANT YOU PARADISE IN SHAA ALLAH
sure
FABIOLA FUCK YOU YOU CANT EVEN ADD A BIT OF NEW INFO ……………HAHAHA AND YOU LAUGH YOU SAY THAT HE DID NOT CONVERT AND YOU SEEM TO BE SURE OF IT THEN WHY YOU SEARCHED FOR MICHAEL JACKSON ISLAM YOU STUPID ASS??????????????? REPLY IF YOU CAN…………..I WILL VISIT THIS SITE FREQUENTLY TO SEE WHAT YOU WILL WRITE
an arab
fuck you fabiola
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Fabiola
NO!!!! HAHAHAHA THIS IS SUCH BULLS**T! MICHAEL JACKSON IS NOT A MUSLIM, WILL NEVER BE A MUSLIM. MICHAEL JACKSON IS A COMMITTED CHRISTIAN, THIS IS ANOTHER USUAL, SAME OLD, LAME LIE OF THE CORRUPT, RACIST FASCIST AMERICAN MAINSTREAM LIBERAL MEDIA, ONLY SOMEONE EXTREMELY STUPID WOULD BELIEVE THIS BLATANT LIE.
MICHAEL JACKSOS IS THE TRUE KING OF POP, ROCK & SOUL, THE GREATEST ARTIST OF ALL TIME. THRILLER MORE THAN 104 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE (53M IN THE U.S., 51 IN THE REST OF THE WORLD), MICHAEL JACKSON MORE THAN 750 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE, ALL THIS GUINNESS WORLD BOOK OF RECORDS CERTIFIED AT THE WORLD MUSIC AWARDS IN LONDON ENGLAND IN NOVEMBER 2006, WHY mtv, vh1 nbc, abc, cnn, E!, rolling stone magazine, people, telemundo, univision, star, us weekly, l.a. times, new york times doesnt say this? WHICH IS TRUE!!!!!.