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Greg Gonzalez of Cigarettes After Sex credits Jackson as his primary influence to become a musician, "Yeah for me I started young, I think I was born the year that Thriller came out and pretty much Michael Jackson became like this immediate idol, and I wanted to be a performer; just sing and perform and just seeing everything that he was doing ...
After his conversion to Islam, he later became the founder of the Kedah Sultanate. [208] Shah Shahidullah Faridi (born John Gilbert Lennard) – British convert. [209] Ibn Sahl of Seville – Jewish poet and diplomat, born in 1212–3 to a Jewish family in Seville; Mubarak Shah (Chagatai Khan) – He was the first Chagatai Khan to convert to Islam
Thriller, Number Ones and The Essential Michael Jackson became the first catalog albums to outsell any new album. [345] Jackson also became the first artist to have four of the top-20 bestselling albums in a single year in the US. [346] Within the year following his death, Jackson sold over 75 million records worldwide. [347]
Katherine Jackson, a devout Jehovah’s Witness, raised all 10 of her children in the Jehovah’s Witness faith, and while some of them strayed as they reached adulthood, Michael remained committed.
The documents reveal that police in Santa Barbara, where Jackson stood trial, contacted the FBI because they feared he might become a terrorist target. At the molestation trial, the FBI concluded there was little risk. They noted that a Nation of Islam follower and a New Black Panther Party member attended one court appearance. Both parties ...
Forty years ago, Michael Jackson took the stage and made an indelible impact on pop culture with his solo performance on Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever, a televised celebration of the famous ...
Mahershala Ali – American actor and first Muslim actor to win an Oscar [7] Muhammad Ali , an Olympian and professional boxer , converted to Islam from Christianity. Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr., 1942–2016) – converted from Baptist [ 8 ] [ 9 ] to The Nation of Islam to Sunni Islam ; [ 10 ] American professional boxer ...
Until Michael Jackson or his well paid spokesperson say's he has converted to Islam it doesn't get a mention. It's that simple. Only Michael Jackson knows what religion he follows. These sources either point out that the sun started it or they say "reportedly" converted to Islam. — Realist 2 22:48, 23 November 2008 (UTC)