MBC Reporter Apologizes For His Remarks


After the shocking death of the legendary Michael Jackson every channel and every reporter had something to say, but it was Ali Elghafili that set a controversy in the Arab world. Ali who is a reporter at MBC was reporting the death of Michael Jackson during the MBC weekly show and said ‘man kana yahoubo Michael … faana Michael kad mat’ or ‘whoever loved Michael ... Michael had died’, which is the same term Abu baker il Sadik (God bless him) said upon the death of the holy prophet!

On the MBC website, Ali issued an apology were he said that he utterly didn’t intend for his remark to resemble anything holy and he is greatly regretful. Ali also said that he came from and was raised by a very religious family and is asking forgiveness from all his fans and the Muslim world because it really wasn’t intentional.

Let’s just hope Ali learned his lesson, because this is a mistake he surely shouldn’t repeat.

By Mariam

18 Comments
  1. hanan | July 17, 2009 12:53 AM | Reply

    seriously enough with this creep michael jackson already. people he was a rapist, and people over did it with him. where are the people that used to make fun of him, now they crying for him. the man is burning in hell, and plz dont say he is a good man. a good man wouldn't spend millions on himself and sing a song for the poor. and this reporter should be fired. how dare he say that phrase, i swear this disgust me alot.

    hanan
  1. Mariam2 | July 17, 2009 1:18 AM | Reply

    ina lilah wa ina ilayhi raji3on..

    Mariam2
  1. mariam3 | July 17, 2009 2:29 AM | Reply

    he is not burning in hell he doesn't exist because that's what happen after you die,
    you don't exist and don't ever have a memory of ever existing, we are no different from animals

    mariam3
  1. Mariam2 | July 17, 2009 3:50 AM | Reply

    Micheal Jackson may or may not have been a good human, but he was a great singer and dancer! cant we just stick to that fact and leave all rest behind...

    all we do is repeat and repeat about all the rumors, allegations ect...for gods sake 4get all that stuff this man is dead!

    Im not defending him and im not saying whether hes good or bad but all im saying is lets start showing abit of respect... this article is talking about an MBC reporter who apologized for his remark, not about whether MJ was a child molester or not...

    please friends...come on... :/
    xox

    Mariam2
  1. elena NRM | July 17, 2009 7:15 AM | Reply

    Mariam3
    You so right.....finally comment that makes sense..!!

    elena NRM
  1. elena NRM | July 17, 2009 7:34 AM | Reply

    i meant you're

    elena NRM
  1. Waleg | July 17, 2009 9:03 AM | Reply

    The article is about an MBC reporter ... so keep your comments relative to the article, otherwise your comment will be DELETED!

    What do you think people of the reporter comment, do you think it was spontaneous and people shouldn't made a big deal out of his comment or he should be more responsible when he is live on TV!

    Waleg
  1. elena NRM | July 17, 2009 11:51 AM | Reply

    ok Waleg
    About article...i think is not a big deal if the reporter said that,he certainly didn't mean to be offensive ! Sometimes Muslims are unnecessary sensitive about religion issues....

    elena NRM
  1. salwa | July 17, 2009 1:14 PM | Reply

    hanan

    u one sick minded person, with no respect no morals. u one of thm pple whom their tongues tends to jst repeat wat the media say...if the media says jack was wirdo u will as well right? and who in the hell gave u the right to say he is burning in hell, so u wanna make the decisions of where ever one is going know. stupid.. u are stupid grl. wat if he goes to heaven and u to hell, wat would u say thn. allah is Qafurun rahim, he forgives whom he wishes...not the other way round.

    ina ilah wiina ila-hi raa-ja3un!!! kolo nafsiin dee-iqat al-mout. good luck to him where ever he goes, coz he work for it either heaven or hell and same for everyone and my allah forgive us all and protect us from hell fire

    salwa
  1. hanan | July 17, 2009 2:09 PM | Reply

    salwa
    i am not a sick minded person, i am muslima who follow my relgion. ur the stupid girl, i am not judging him by the media ya hamara ya bint el hamara. look at his life, its all haram with haraam. for god sake he had kids out of marriage, that is number one haraam, second he wasted millions on being selfish, third he raped a boy. what more haraam is that. i believe he did rape that boy ,not cause of media said so, but cause he paid that boy parents. it shows he really did it. so u shut up and go to hell with him habbitti.

    hanan
  1. ahmed | July 17, 2009 3:16 PM | Reply

    hanan
    the guy is dead and you need to have some respect. you dont judge him cause god will judge him not you maaashy!!

    about his past is all only a rumor that woman want money and she lied that he touch her son so to get from his millionaire money!!

    heya kathaba and her family!!

    if you dont stop talking nonsense i'll let my nephew deal with you!!

    ahmed
  1. Hala | July 17, 2009 7:03 PM | Reply

    Hanan:

    your comment shows a high level of ignorance. MJ was NOT a rapist. If he was not convicted, and nothing was proven against him, who are you to come and say such things?

    and why the hell are you swearing at her for? you obviously are not familiar with the fact that people are allowed to do what ever the hell they want to do. If MJ wants to have a child or ten out of marriage, its none of your business to judge him because if god exists, then he will judge him.

    "where are the people that used to make fun of him"? if you or anyone else used to make fun of his appearance, then YOU deserve to ROT in hell. He had a disease that I wish you get so you'll understand what it is like, and how painful it is.

    SHUT UP and stop posting crap.

    Hala
  1. Hala | July 17, 2009 7:20 PM | Reply

    people should not make a big deal out of it he probably didn't mean it...but Karma is hitting him hard because he tried to be "smart" in his comments about a dead person.

    I mean even if the phrase wasn't "holly", it's offensive in a way because its like saying: "I know most people didn't like him, but to those who actually do: He is dead"

    Hala
  1. Diana | July 18, 2009 5:42 AM | Reply

    Hanan,
    your saying that your a muslima. Well if you care and follow your religion so much then how dare you say stuff like that about a dead person!!! He's a human being!!!
    Lets just say he did do all those bad stuff you listed, your muslim you cant judge him after his death then come and criticize other people on this page.
    If you really were a muslim then no one will be going to hell but you, your religion doesn't say you can go on a public site and say this stuff after he has died.

    About that reporter, yes he did make a big mistake but apologized. Everyone makes mistakes, he didnt relize what he did was so bad so he apologized. There's no need to make a big deal out of it.

    Diana
  1. Diana | July 18, 2009 5:43 AM | Reply

    Hanan,
    your saying that your a muslima. Well if you care and follow your religion so much then how dare you say stuff like that about a dead person!!! He's a human being!!!
    Lets just say he did do all those bad stuff you listed, your muslim you cant judge him after his death then come and criticize other people on this page.
    If you really were a muslim then no one will be going to hell but you, your religion doesn't say you can go on a public site and say this stuff after he has died.

    About that reporter, yes he did make a big mistake but apologized. Everyone makes mistakes, he didnt relize what he did was so bad so he apologized. There's no need to make a big deal out of it.

    Diana
  1. hanan | July 18, 2009 12:49 PM | Reply

    diana
    i am sick of people over doing it with this michael jacskson thing. yes he was a great dancer and had good music, bass look behind all that. he wasn't a person we should look up to or have as role model. its sickening to hear that a girl in tunis killed herself over him. come on people he died and its his fault. he led his life into this crazy world he was living in. he wasn't normal, u might think oh he was a innocent guy, bass if he was so innocent why did he pay off the boy's parent????? come people instead of going to pray and ask ALLAH to reward u and forgive u , ur crying over this man. i am just saying my opinion, i dont have respect for a man who spend millions on himself and act like a 4 yr old stuck in a 40 yr old body. he really didn't care for anyone but himself. and sorry he wasn't proud of what he was and its shows!!!!

    hanan
  1. Diana | July 19, 2009 1:59 PM | Reply

    hanan,
    yes i agree that people may be over reacting about MJ and he's not a good person to look up to,blah blah blah, we all agree, but what we're trying to say is that this guy is dead!! No matter how many bad things he has done, he will get what he deserves and will be judged by god. We cant do that. I've known MJ since I was born, so i know wat he has done wrong and right. But i cant judge him for it and niether can you. I understand your point of view and what your trying to say. You have every right to share your opinion and so do we. If you look up and read this page you'll relize that everyone has different opinions thats becoz people have heard rumors so they believe them but others dont. ok?

    ahmad,
    you have no right to call anyone a kathaba. Like i said some might have heard rumors that they believe but you dont, ive heard rumors that i dont belive but others do, so you cant call them a kathaba coz no one knows the truth.

    Diana
  1. hanan | July 20, 2009 12:54 PM | Reply

    if he was a truly a muslim like some media say's his body should have been buried the next day. two things i am upset about mj passing the kids he adopted , and his body hasn't laid to rest. i swear everything about him makes me sick. he was born and died with many sins. we should stop doing reports on him and read about things that are important. kal he got more coverage then the killing in gaza. ween el arab ween el arab, oh yeah crying over MJ. shame on you shame on you arab. btw halla u stop posting ur crap, cause habbitti i will keep on writing and writing. its my opinion i am free to say what i want. and ahmed shut up ur the most annoying person i seen on waleg.

    hanan
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