Islamists Change their tune on Michael Jackson -Daniel Pipes
A Pakistani Islamist group, I wrote in 1995, had recently "deemed Michael Jackson and Madonna 'cultural terrorists' and called for the two Americans to be brought to trial in Pakistan."
A Pakistani Islamist group, I wrote in 1995, had recently "deemed Michael Jackson and Madonna 'cultural terrorists' and called for the two Americans to be brought to trial in Pakistan."
That was then. Now, in the aftermath of Jackson's early death at age 50, Islamists are humming a different tune. IslamOnLine.net, a website overseen by the Sunni scholar Yusuf al-Qaradawi, ran a story today titled "Muslims Pay Tribute to Jackson" brimming over with accolades and using words such as "love," "thoughts and prayers," and "icon."
This change reflects the rumors since in December 2003, a month after his arrest on child-molestation charges, that Jackson had converted to Islam, rumors with more than a pinch of substance to them.
[DanielPipes.org]
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This change reflects the rumors since in December 2003, a month after his arrest on child-molestation charges, that Jackson had converted to Islam, rumors with more than a pinch of substance to them.
[DanielPipes.org]
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