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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kosandpol" data-source="post: 5082550" data-attributes="member: 105851"> MICHAEL JACKSON has become a Muslim - and changed his name to MIKAEEL.   By NEIL SYSON    Published: 21 Nov 2008   The skint superstar, 50, donned Islamic garb to pledge allegiance to the Koran  in a ceremony at a pal's mansion in Los Angeles, The Sun can reveal.   Jacko 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.  <img src="http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00657/SNN2103Y-180_657671a.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Ceremony ... pop king Jacko A source told last night how Jacko, brought up as a Jehovah's Witness, decided  to convert as he used a studio at the home of his chum to record a new  album.   The star - whose hits include The Way You Make Me Feel - was spotted looking  "a bit down" by a producer and a songwriter who had both embraced Islam.  Shahada   The source said: "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." Mikaeel is the name of one of  Allah's angels.   "Jacko rejected an alternative name, Mustafa - meaning "the chosen one".   Brit singer Yousef Islam, 60 - who was called Cat Stevens until he famously  converted - turned up to help Jacko celebrate.    <a href="http://ad.uk.doubleclick.net/adj/bizarre.thesun.co.uk/mainhomepage;pos=mpu;sz=300x250;cat=null;tile=2;bl=No;ord=1246633238270?" target="_blank">http://ad.uk.doubleclick.net/adj/bizarre.thesun.co.uk/mainhomepage;pos=mpu;sz=300x250;cat=null;tile=2;bl=No;ord=1246633238270?</a>     It was his pals David Wharnsby - a Canadian songwriter - and producer Phillip  Bubal who counselled Jacko.   The pair's new names are Dawud Wharnsby Ali and Idris Phillips.   Jacko now prays to Mecca after the ceremony at the Hollywood Hills home of  Toto keyboard player Steve Porcaro, 51, who composed music on the singer's  Thriller album.   Jacko, who rarely ventures out without a mask, is due to give evidence on  Monday in a £4.7million lawsuit brought by Prince Abdulla Al-Khalif of  Bahrain.   The sheik claims he bankrolled the singer's lavish lifestyle in exchange for  an exclusive recording contract. The billionaire sent songs for him to  record but claims he was blanked.   He told the court yesterday: "Many times he confirmed to me he would pay me  back." source : <a href="http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/article1954666.ece" target="_blank">http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/article1954666.ece</a></blockquote>

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