Michael Jackson waves as he arrives at the Santa Barbara County courthouse in Santa Maria, California in May 2005. (AFP File)
Posted on 11/21/2008 6:41:37 AM PST by Sir Francis Dashwood
Michael Jackson waves as he arrives at the Santa Barbara County courthouse in Santa Maria, California in May 2005. (AFP File)
LONDON: Pop singer Michael Jackson has converted to Islam and changed his name to Mikaeel.
The 50-year-old star, pledged his allegiance to the Koran in a ceremony at a friend's mansion in Los Angeles, the Sun reported.
Jackson sat on the floor wearing a tiny hat after an Imam was summoned to officiate -- days before the singer is due to appear at London's High Court where he is being sued by an Arab Sheik, the paper said.
The star decided to adopt the new religion while he was recording a song at the home of his friend where a Jehovah's witness was brought up to help him through the ceremony.
Apparently the star of hits like 'the Way You Make Me Feel-was convinced by his producer and songwriter friends David Wharnsby and Phillip Bubal.
"They began talking to him about their beliefs, and how they thought they had become better people after they converted. Michael soon began warming to the idea.
"An Imam was summoned from the mosque and Michael went through the shahada, which is the Muslim declaration of belief," the source revealed.
Mikaeel is the name of one of Allah's angels. "Jacko rejected an alternative name, Mustafa meaning "the chosen one", the source added.
The singer, who rarely ventures out without a mask, is due to give evidence on Monday in a 4.7 million pound lawsuit brought by Prince Abdulla Al-Khalif of Bahrain for defaulting on an exclusive recording contract.
And it's not even the sex that the goat minds so much, it's the plastic surgery to make it look like a sheep that really ticks it off.
Oh, well, whatever "gets your goat"!
Let me know when he converts to “human”.
I guess it’s too late, but did his “friends” tell him what Mohammedanism prescribes for converts to Islam who change their minds?
Correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t there something in the Koran about good Muslims forgiving debt every seventh year, something like that? Given how much money Jackson owes his Islamic hosts then it’s no wonder he converted.
IIRC, one of the alternate terms for a baby goat is “kid”...
Osama bin Liberace
He’ll make a nice fourth wife for some lucky hadji.
Michael or Mikaeel, Muslim or Christian, Hollywood or Mecca... Jackson is still a deviant, low life scumbag.
Will his prayer rug be facing Mecca or the nearest daycare center?
Rats! You beat me to it.
Color me shocked.
Color me shocked.
The moon-god worshipping death-cultists are welcome to this pervert.
That ghoul will fit right in with the other islamic sexual perverts.
Michael try to avoid Iran at all cost but if you do go there, stay away from the cranes (I’m not talking about birds).
Is he going to wear the Hajib like a good Muslim woman?
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