[Marxism] Michael Jackson reported to join brother Jermaine as member of Nation of Islam

["Fred Feldman" <ffeldman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Subject: MICHAEL JACKSON Joins The NATION OF ISLAM?


Michael Jackson 'joins' Nation of Islam?


MICHAEL Jackson became a member of the black group
Nation of Islam on the eve of being formally charged
with child molestation, the New York Post reported
today.

The newspaper quoted unnamed sources as saying Jackson
became a member of the black Muslim organisation led
by Louis Farrakhan on Wednesday night.

"The King of Pop is restyling himself Jacko X," said
the newspaper.

Min.Elijah Muhammad -Min.Louis Farrakhan - Jermaine
Jackson   and now....         Jacko X

"High-ranking members of Nation of Islam have been
working to bring Jackson into Reverend Louis
Farrahkan's flock - and Jackson's conversion is now
well-known in the NOI community," said the report.

Farrakhan's organisation, which is controversial
because of its leaders' anti-Jewish and
anti-homosexual declarations, would not comment on the
report when contacted by AFP.


Fox News reported Jackson's brother Jermaine Jackson
had brought Farrakhan's chief of staff Leonard
Muhammad into Jackson's inner-circle as "a
bodyguard".According to Fox, Jermaine Jackson, another
ex-member of the Jackson Five family group, converted
to Islam in 1989.

The television channel's report said Jermaine Jackson
and Leonard Muhammad were "making the case to Michael
that he was a victim of racism and that only the
Nation of Islam could save him.."Jackson, 45, is on
$US3 million ($4.07 million) bail after being accused
of multiple counts of child molestation against a boy
aged under 14.Jackson and his lawyers have strongly
denied the accusations, calling them "a big lie".

The singer is to be formally charged today in Santa
Maria, near Jackson's Neverland Ranch at around 1pm
local time (8am AEDT).Jackson was last month
handcuffed and subjected to humiliating police
mugshots and fingerprinting when he returned to Santa
Barbara on his private plane to face arrest last
month.

Agence France-Presse


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