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Michael Jackson to build mosque in his new home of Dubai - ladies room cross dressing incident leads to demands he be jailed

Sheiking all over :Jackson brother and convert to Islam announces new record venture with Sheik Abdullah's son
November 27, 2005

The pop world's most famous entertainer, who has been staying in Bahrain as a guest of Sheikh Abdullah, chatted happily with delighted staff at the offices of major developer Nakheel before taking a boat trip to see how The World and The Palm have emerged as internationally recognised landmarks.

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Dubai, Nov 15: UAE's sensational afternoon daily has carried out a banner headline this evening, 'Wacko Jacko!' by publishing the angry Arab Womens reaction to the 'Jackson's Ladies Toilet Story'

It was reported in some of the local dailies that Michael Jackson was caught inside the ladies toilet in a shopping Mall while doing his (?) Make -up!

Here is the version of 'Evening Post' dated November 14, 2005

Michael Jackson's alleged visit to a ladies wash room at the Ibn Batuuta Mall has evoked angry reactions from women here who, cutting across their nationalities, want the celebrity pop star to be meted out "appropriate punishment" if report was true "Michael Jackson might be a big name but it does not give him the right to go him the right to go into ladies washroom" said Rania Ali, an Emirati woman, commenting on reports that Jackson visited a ladies' toilet before taking refuge in Magrudys bookshop when crowd gathered.

"When I read the news, I was shocked. Can you accept this kind of attitude from a celebrity? He should be asked for compensation" said Madiha Bint Muhammed, another Emirati Women.

Mahasin Mansour, a Sudanese national working as a nurse in Dubai, said "I am surprised with Jackson's behaviour and I condemn it. He must go to the jail..not even to jail but to a place worse than that so that it would set an example."

"He is infamous around the world for his indecent acts. This act was considered a great insult to us as we are muslim women" added Mahasin.

Wafa Othman, an Egyptian housewife, said this act is not only insult to muslim women but also to muslim men and Muslim countries. Police should take stern action. Otherwise in future women would be afraid of going to wasrooms."

Ahadiya Al Kahlawi, a Syrian national housewife, said "This man shows his immoral charecter to the world since he was pretending to be a woman. He should be punished severly as he misused Arab national dress."

Rita Thomas, Indian woman, was surprised that police shows prejudice as they did not arrest him for his immoral act.

The troubled superstar recently decided to set up home in Bahrain, apparently bedeviled by court cases and media glare in the United States during his child molestation trial. The 47-year-old flew to Bahrain shortly after being acquitted of the charges against him and spend time there as a guest if the crown prince Sheik Salman Ibn Hamed Khalefa

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Michael Jackson Caught Applying Make-Up In ladies toilet...

Oh dear, Michael Jackson just gets weirder and weirder…he was recently caught in the ladies room in a shopping mall in Dubai touching up his make-up.

Jacko was dressed in a woman's traditional Arabic head dress when he ‘accidentally' wandered into the ladies section of the communal toilets.

On entering the toilets he removed his head dress and started applying some much needed make-up.

A woman who was in the toilets at the time squealed in horror at recognising Jacko's mangled face and proceeded to take photos of him on her mobile phone.

On hearing Jackson scream his security guards rushed into the toilets to his aid. The woman who had been witness to him putting his slap on said she was going to take the photos to the local police as he had entered a ladies toilet.

Shoppers at the Mall were witnesses to Jacko's bodyguards trying to wrestle the mobile phone from the woman before police officers broke up the brawl.

Jackson later left the mall in a blacked out vehicle after police forced the woman to hand over her phone as you are forbidden to take unauthorised pictures to sell for profit in Bahrain.

A police officer later said that no action was to be taken against Jackson.

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MIM: While Michael beat a hasty retreat from the Dubai ladies room, his brother Germaine announced plans to launch a song for world peace together with a new record company run by the king's son. The song is called "He Who Makes The Sky Gray" and was written by non other then Sheik Abdullah himself !

Song calling for world peace to be launched
By Mohammad Almezel, Bureau Chief
Manama: A passion-filled song that calls for world peace and global solidarity in the face of wars and disasters will be launched from Bahrain by a new record company owned by the king's son, Shaikh Abdullah Bin Hamad Al Khalifa.

The single track, called He Who Makes the Sky Gray, is also written by Shaikh Abdullah, who is also Governor of Bahrain's southern region. The song's worldwide premier will take place "very very soon," featuring American pop star Germaine Jackson as lead singer along with a number of international, Shaikh Abdullah told a press conference yesterday.

"The proceeds will go to relief efforts in different parts of the world to help victims of wars and natural disasters," he added.

"It is a song created in Bahrain … to show the world that this region is not about wars and conflicts. This is a powerful worldwide peace initiative coming out for the first time from the Middle East to show solidarity with war-torn, disaster-hit and famine-stricken nations and," Shaikh Abdullah said.

"It is a project that also intends to bridge the gap between East and West."

The idea was born long before the tsunami disaster that hit a number of Asian countries, he said. But since the tragic events of Asia, the company became very keen to finish production as soon as possible. "We hope it will gather a substantial amount of funds which will go NGOs and grass-root groups involved in relief efforts. This is a non-profit project," said Shaikh Abdullah.

The initiative is supported by His Majesty King Hamad Bin Eisa Al Khalifa, who met the project team earlier this week. The song was composed by Bahraini Ahmad Al Harmi and the sound is currently being mixed in the United States by "the best in the industry," according to Jackson, who described Shaikh Abdullah's lyrics as "incredible."

The song is the production debut of Bahrain-based Two Seas Records, set up recently by Shaikh Abdullah and Jackson.

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Jackson to build a mosque in Bahrain
(Agencies)

24 November 2005


MANAMA — World's top pop singer Michael Jackson, who recently settled down in Manama has donated a huge amount of money, the figure was not disclosed, for building a state-of-the-art mosque near his luxury palace in the Bahraini capital, according to his spokesman. The proposed mosque would be designated for learning the principles and teachings of Islam, as well as teaching of English language, for which high-standard teachers would be brought from United States under his personal supervision, the spokesman said.

Jackson did so as a token of appreciation to the Bahraini people, who welcomed him and treated him as if he was one of the citizens of their country.

Michael Jackson has moved to reside in Manama after the long-judicial battle, which ended up with being acquitted of the charges of child molestation.

The court hearings were followed up by news agencies for many months, and the number of reporters who attended and covered them was estimated at more than 2000 from all countries in the world.

It is noteworthy that Germain Jackson, the brother of Michael had embraced Islam at the beginning of 1990s, and he was one of former Jackson Five band and the solo singer

Germain had felt his brother Michael has great interest and study of Islamic books, the tolerance of Islam and his dealing with Arab and Muslim personalities since long years. The most prominent among those figures is Prince Al Waleed bin Talal and the Bahraini royal family.

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