Did MJ died as a Muslim?

The king of pop is dead. Michael Joseph Jackson or better known as Michael Jackson finally met his Creator at the age of 50.

The former Jackson Five was pronounced dead after paramedics found him in a coma at his Bel-Air mansion.

World recognize MJ. Primary school kids know the king of pop. I bet you, even Islamic Scholars know who is Michael Jackson.

Me, myself remember when i was 8 year olds, an older friend of mine loves to impersonate MJ's stlye of dance. It was 'Billie Jean' that time.

During my childhood , we used to watch movies every weekend. We normally collected 20 cent each to rent a video tape from a video shop nearby.Any flick will do.

I still remember one day when one of my friend suggested us to watch a new released Michael Jackson : Thriller. It was a box office film during that time. I was so amazed after watching that movie and at the age of 8 years old, I grew up idolizing the great king of pop.

But, did he died as a muslim? Was MJ a muslim before? The question will be answered when he is buried? Daily Telegraph, one of the UK's top online newspaper reported in 2008, Nov 21st, that MJ has converted to Islam and change his name to Mikaeel.

He converted to Islam in a ceremony at a friend's house in Los Angeles. He is said to have sat on the floor and worn a small hat while an imam officiated.

However, the American pop star do has a practical Muslim brother name Muhammad Abdul Aziz or rather known as Jermaine Jackson.

The former Grammy Award winner and prolific songwriter himself embraced Islam in 1989 after a short interaction with a group of Muslims children.

In an exclusive interview with the editor of The Muslims News in February 2007, he revealed that his brother ( Michael Jackson) may soon convert to Islam. He was so confident Michael would convert to Islam one day.

Jermaine added, after back from Mecca, he got a lot of books for his brother and Michael had shown a lot of interest on Islam. He did asked Jermaine about his new religion and the latter explained the beautiful of Islam.

Could it the story above help us in justifying MJ's religion status ? Only Allah know best.