that made him so attractive to that part of the world was the fact he always sung songs about love, peace and people coming together. That he never exploited women, he never dressed disrespectfully or had disrepectful back up dancers. He achieved succces in a honorable manner minsu any gimmicks. I rememeber thinking "Maxx is gonna love this".

I think he's Muslim now too cause in the article he mentioned "Allah's grace" but it could have been just a sign of respect for the culture. A really eye opening read. He'd been playing Arab countries quite a bit and his fandom there is as strong as ever.