MICHAEL JACKSON IS OFFICIALLY A MUSLIM!

AMERICAN POP star Michael Jackson has embraced Islam and his new name is Mikaeel. According to a report in The Sun, the 50-year-old singer converted to Islam at a friend’s mansion in Los Angeles. The report said that Jackson pledged his allegiance to the Holy Quran at a small ceremony. Jackson, wearing a small hat, sat on the floor after an Imam was summoned to officiate at the conversion ceremony. An Imam was summoned from a mosque and Michael went through the Shahada, which is the Muslim declaration of Islamic belief.

Michael Joseph Jackson was born on August 29, 1958, as the seventh child of the Jackson family, an American family of famous musicians. Infact, Michael Jackson is the second member of the Jackson family to embrace Islam.

Michael’s elder brother Jermaine Jackson or Mohammed Abdul Aziz embraced Islam in the year 1989, following his tour of some Middle-East countries. During his tour Jermaine reportedly met up with some Muslim families in Bahrain whose way of living impressed him a lot and he converted to Islam. However, Jermaine Jackson publicly expressed his Islamic belief after having been a part of UK’s famous show Big Brother, where he offered prayers and observed fast in the house as well. Jermaine Jackson had reportedly persuaded Michael Jackson to become a Muslim and gave him several books on the religion.

Jackson’s new name, Mikaeel, is the name of one of Allah’s angels. Another name suggested to the star was Mustafa, meaning ’the chosen one’, but he rejected it. However, Michael Jackson has not furnished the reason for embracing Islam.