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Sinéad O’Connor converts to Islam

Sinéad O’Connor converts to Islam
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Shuhada' Davitt, formerly known as Sinéad O'ConnorImage copyright Twitter/@MagdaDavitt77
Image caption The singer says she is “proud to have become a Muslim”

Irish singer Sinéad O’Connor has announced she has converted to Islam.

The artist, who is best known for her 1990 hit version of the song Nothing Compares 2 U, said she had changed her name to Shuhada’.

In a message on Twitter, she thanked fellow Muslims for their support.

She has said that her decision was “the natural conclusion of any intelligent theologian’s journey” and uploaded a video of herself singing the adhan, or Islamic call to prayer.

On Thursday, Irish Imam Shaykh Dr Umar al-Qadri posted a video of the singer saying the Islamic declaration of faith.

Skip Twitter post by @MagdaDavitt77

This is to announce that I am proud to have become a Muslim. This is the natural conclusion of any intelligent theologian’s journey. All scripture study leads to Islam. Which makes all other scriptures redundant. I will be given (another) new name. It will be Shuhada’

— Shuhada’ Davitt (@MagdaDavitt77) October 19, 2018

End of Twitter post by @MagdaDavitt77

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It is not the first time O’Connor, who legally changed her name to Magda Davitt last year, has publicly spoken about religion.

In 1992, she sparked controversy after ripping up a photograph of the Pope live on US television.

Seven years later, she was ordained by a breakaway church in Lourdes. The Catholic Church, which does not allow women to become priests, did not recognise the ceremony.

Image copyright PA
Image caption The singer was ordained as a priest in 1999


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