Singer Sinéad O’Connor has Embraced Islam one year ago And changed her name to Shuhada' Davitt’.
She made the announcement on Twitter, stated her conversion was “The natural conclusion of any intelligent theologian’s journey. All scripture study leads to Islam. Which makes all other scriptures redundant.”
She has since described her new Beliefs and faith, Stated that she was “very, very, very happy” after being given her first hijab, and by expressing her thoughts she thanks to “all my Muslim brothers and sisters who have been so kind as to welcome me to Ummah”, meaning the Islamic community. She also posted a YouTube video of her making the Islamic call to prayer.
Her full new name is Shuhada’ Davitt, using the surname she gave herself when she changed her name to Magda Davitt in 2017. She said at the time that she wanted to be “free of the patriarchal slave names. Free of the parental curses.”
Sinéad O’Connor Aka Shuhada’ Davitt has Described her struggles with mental health in past years, posting a Facebook video in August 2017 in which she admit of having suicidal thoughts. Stated “I am one of millions ... people who suffer from mental illness are the most vulnerable people on earth, we can’t take care of ourselves, you’ve got to take care of us,” she said in the video. “My entire life is revolving around not dying, and that’s not living.” In a previous update in November 2015, she said she had “taken an overdose”, and a police search was launched for her in May 2016 after she went missing in Chicago, sparking fears for her well being.
In Oct 2018, she claimed on Twitter that a healthcare assistant working with her was fired “for spiking me with crystal meth”.
She was ordained as a priest in 1999 by the Irish Orthodox Catholic and Apostolic church – the group are not officially affiliated with the Catholic church, who do not allow the ordination of women as priests.
She became disillusioned with Catholicism in the wake of child abuse scandals in the church, describing the Vatican as a “nest of devils” in a 2011 newspaper article. In an letter published in August 2018, she asked Pope Francis to excommunicate her, and Stated she had made same previous appeals to Pope Benedict and John Paul II.
May Allah guide her and make her a better muslim. She surely was chosen by the mercy of Allah (SWT) and here question about the purpose of life leads her to beautiful Islam which God Willingly benefits her in this world and hereafter world.
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