I’m not sure if you’ve heard the latest that’s rounding the websites; but apparently the self-proclaimed King of Pop, Michael Jackson, has embraced Islam.
Note that I write “apparently” because at the time of this article’s writing, I don’t have any confirmation (or denial) of this apart from a few websites and stupid Emails that people keeping mindlessly forwarding.
And then the idea died a natural death.
More recently, it was the Indian astronaut Sunita Williams who apparently was supposed to have seen the Masjid al-Har’am and Masjid an-Nabawi as shining stars and immediately became muslim.
And the last of the news I heard before this was about the paparazzi-craving, drug-abused, messed-up, I-will-shave-my-head pop punk Britney Spears who is allegedly in love with her muslim boyfriend and is thinking about “taking up” Islam.
And if I ever have kids, I’d never want them to think they should grow up to be just like Britney or MJ.
Which brings me to my original question:
Why are we so paranoid about celebrities and make a big deal of them becoming muslim?
Are we really that pathetic that we need a Britney Spears or a Michael Jackson to glitter-up an image for Islam?
Do we think people are gonna say, “Okay, if Britney’s doing it, it has to be good; lemme give it a shot too” about Islam?
I don’t think so.
And to prove it, here’s a real example:
MJ’s older brother Jermaine Jackson did become a muslim and this is a fact. This happened in 1989 and his name is now Muhammed Abdul-Aziz.
And yes he has given interviews and the like on his quest for peace - unfortunately I don’t see what this has achieved on the teen-culture front.
And I don’t blame him. As far as I see, the benefits are only individual; and there is nothing to cheer for the masses here.
Because in the end, only YOU will answer for what YOU do…and it’s every man for himself.
4 comments:
Excellent post ! I could not have said this better.
Allah Says in 'Abasa wa Tawalla:
- That day when man will flee from his brother
- And his mother and his father
- And from his wife and children
- Everyone on that day will have enough to make him careless of others
Heck I even remember when people got excited that Gates embraced Islam.
Our job is to give them the message not force it upon them.
Only Allah has the power to give them the Hidayah.
I read the news in , "Telegraph, ndtv and The Hindu", i guess it should be true.
http://music.ndtv.com/story.asp?id=ENTEN20080073502
Well taking up music stars, dancers and actors as role models is a sad truth. Though too much hype and rumors out there, we do often get reliable news of celebrities getting into Islam, like Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali, Cat Stevens and now MJ. Even here in magdeburg germany, i could often see young german boys entering masjid and accepting Islam. The wonder actually is that there are NO MISSIONARIES unlike Christians, that makes us to realize
"Those whom Allah (in His Plan) willeth to guide He openeth their hearts to Islam" , Alhamdulillah.
nice.....i said this in response.
http://www.orkut.co.in/Main#CommMsgs.aspx?cmm=3126&tid=5271150857745899702&na=2&nst=3
MJ Converted.........so what, really?
"I see the celebrities becoming reverts as a positive phenomenon is that,they have a huge fan following,and it wud give their fans something to ponder about as to why one of us,one of our very own has changed his faith,why why why ? ? ?
In broader sense,it serves as a DAWAH if not anything less."
This is at best a half-baked Dawah.......you would like to project people who have converted and now profess Islam in a way that it has brought meaningful changes in their lives and they bear testimony to the fact.....people like Cat Stevens, or Yusuf Islam. He can be a better role model than MJ, even though, on the Celebrity Scale -he is much lower than MJ. I feel that it has to do with the fact that an ordinary muslim is a simpleton, who, to firm up his own belief, needs advertisement and endorsement like that of MJ.
I say that congratulate him by all means, good that he has chose Islam (may I say, again) ....but, going gaga over the news with chidish pride is not the best way of looking at this. If at all, it will be a bad advertisement for Islam, people dont perceive him to have been changed, after conversion.
So, celebrate it, if you must.....but, dont forget that to advertise this as a way of Dawah, it may work both ways. People dont convert just because another person converted......they would like to know what changes the conversion made to the person and whether these were positive changes that would want in themselves.
Otherwise, such conversion may have a tendency to end up as the latest fashion statement.
Good post about him.
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