After years (decades?) of being an urban legend, it’s finally true. Michael Jackson has apparently converted to Islam, in the presence of Dawud Wharsnby, Yusuf Islam, and Idris Phillips.
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kaitlin 8:34 am on November 21, 2008 Permalink |
Oh wow. I saw this earlier. The best part about it is the title. It’s how you can tell the media totally thinks he’s full of it.
shahed 8:56 am on November 21, 2008 Permalink |
I know I posted this, but I’m not so sure about this story… something doesn’t smell right….
Admin 9:17 am on November 21, 2008 Permalink |
I’ve long subscribed to the theory that MJ is an evil genius mastermind. I think he’s probably got an IQ north of 175. Seriously, the man is like Lex Luthor and (Asimov’s) The Mule rolled into one.
Muse 10:10 am on November 21, 2008 Permalink |
“pledge allegiance to the Koran”? srsly?
Admin 10:19 am on November 21, 2008 Permalink |
actually I am a bit surprised he didnt name himself Mecca and then demand everyone reorient qibla to him.
razib 10:54 am on November 21, 2008 Permalink |
it’s a british tabloid dude. you might as well link to the enquirer
i basically learned to discount sensational reports from british papers aside from the financial times after 9/11. they make shit up, they do.
Fatemeh 2:40 pm on November 21, 2008 Permalink |
(sigh)
Thanks, Michael. Thanks a bunch. Isn’t Jermaine Muslim, too? Peachy.
Willow 8:36 pm on November 21, 2008 Permalink |
Razib is right. Since this is from The Sun, I think we can safely assume the MJ conversion is still an urban legend.
Admin 8:43 pm on November 21, 2008 Permalink |
nope, its true. The good news is that Islam is large, it contains multitudes…
Willow 8:50 pm on November 21, 2008 Permalink |
…Really? I just ran a search and couldn’t find a single credible source for the story. Just gossip magazines and tabloids. The same people who speculate about Jennifer Aniston’s secret lovelife and Oprah’s shocking descent into drug-fueled rage.
marib 7:29 am on November 22, 2008 Permalink |
What you think of this? Al-Qaeda welcomes Michael Jacksons conversion to Islam http://www.allnewsweb.com/page171171.php
Willow 4:04 pm on November 22, 2008 Permalink |
Well whatever the reality is, the rumor has clearly taken on a life of its own…
Foxy 7:34 am on November 25, 2008 Permalink |
I personally think this is a ploy to try to get out of the lawsuit that the sheif has against him. He got married to Pressley to try to get rid of the stigma that he was molesting boys. Speaking of boys, if he gets caught molesting boys as a moslem, he could be killed for being gay.