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A source close to the Jacksons has exclusively revealed to X17 Online that family will likely have a traditional Muslim burial for late Michael Jackson. "The family is considering following the Muslim burial traditions because they believe Michael would have wanted to be laid to rest in keeping with his new-found religious beliefs," says the source. "Michael's brother Jermaine is educating the family as to the special rites because he feels it's important to bury his brother according to the Muslim way," adds the source. Despite earlier reports that both public and private memorial services for the late music performer...

When Jermaine Jackson told NBC's Matt Lauer on Thursday that he wished he could have died in the place of his superstar brother, most people probably shrugged it off as an elder brother grieving. After the many years I spent as a friend of Jermaine's, I can tell you that he really would have given his life if it meant Michael Jackson could live. "I wish that it was me. I've always felt that I was his backbone, someone to be there for him," Jermaine told Mr. Lauer in an interview on NBC's "Today Show." "I was his Aaron and...

Liberals love to whitewash the truth and when it comes to reporting on the death of the so-called, self-labeled “King of Pop,” Michael Jackson, that fact is on sad display again. Why does The New York Times feel compelled to whitewash Jermaine Jackson’s farewell to his brother during the press conference held at the hospital last night? As he concluded a fluff piece that yielded no new facts about Michael’s final exit that the fawning press hadn’t already spewed, Jermaine said, “May Allah be with you always.” Let’s hope The New York Times bought its reporter a hearing aid this...

MANAMA, April 20 (Reuters) - U.S. pop star Michael Jackson's brother, Jermaine, in the Gulf to promote understanding between Muslims and his fellow Americans said on Tuesday that Muslims are "the new Negroes in America". Jermaine, a convert to Islam and dressed in white Arab garb, has been speaking about Islam and U.S. "adventures" in Iraq to enthusiastic audiences at Koranic centres and universities in the Gulf Arab state of Bahrain. "I think Muslims have become the new Negroes in America. They are being mistreated at airports, by the Immigration -- everywhere," he said. Jermaine, also a singer, told Reuters...

  Jackson is like Gandhi, claims brother!Asian News InternationalWASHINGTON, November 27 Enlarge Jermaine Jackson has lent support to tainted brother Michael Jackson and said that he has been victimized."This is a modern-day lynching. My brother has become a threat like Christ became a threat, like Martin Luther King, Mahatma Gandhi became a threat. My brother's consciousness has become a threat because he is a person who cares about people," Jermaine was quoted as saying in an interview to 'The Mirror'.His is one of the voices that used to croon with Michael's in the heyday of The Jackson 5, when the...