Singer Sinéad O'Connor has converted to Islam.
The Irish artist – known as Magda Davitt – announced on Twitter that she had changed her name to Shuhada' Davitt and thanked Muslims for their support.
She tweeted on October 19: '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.'
Yesterday Irish Imam Shaykh Dr Umar al-Qadri posted a video of her saying the shahada, the formal Islamic declaration of faith.
World renowned singer Shuhada Davitt @MagdaDavitt77 (#SineadOConnor) has proclaimed the #Shahadah with me in #Ireland. She is so happy ! Masha Allah !#Ireland #Islam #SineadOConnorEmbracesIslam @SineadOconnorHQ pic.twitter.com/mBeHlcrgqW
— Shaykh Dr Umar Al-Qadri (@DrUmarAlQadri) October 25, 2018 " data-caption="null" data-credit="null">O'Connor has long been known for her fascination with religion, particularly with the formerly dominant Catholicism of her homeland. She sparked controversy in 1992 when she ripped up a photograph of the pope on a Saturday Night Live broadcast in the US as a protest against the Church. She was ordained as a priest a few years later by a breakaway church in Lourdes, the Irish Orthodox Catholic and Apostolic Church.
In 2007 interview with Christianity Today, O'Connor stated that she considers herself a Christian. She said, 'I think God saves everybody whether they want to be saved or not. So when we die, we're all going home... I don't think God judges anybody. He loves everybody equally.'
Also in 2007 she revealed she had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder four years previously.
