Simo Rantalainen

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Simo Rantalainen (born August 6, 1961) is a Finnish former journalist and television presenter. He is best known for presenting the popular 1990s talkshow Hyvät, pahat ja rumat on MTV3.^[1]

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Simo Rantalainen
Simo Rantalainen at the Turku Book Fair 2009.
Born	(1961-08-06) 6 August 1961 (age 64) Lahti, Finland
Occupation	Television presenter
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In the early 1990s, Rantalainen became a boxing promoter for Tarmo Uusivirta, Rantalainen wrote a memoir about his experience in February 2017. He lost his television hosting job after assaulting a female journalist in a nightclub^[1]

Since leaving showbusiness Simo Rantalainen converted to Islam and adopted the name Mujahed Bin Risto Faisal.^[2]

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