Sinead O'Connor, who changed her name to Magda Davitt last year, has reportedly converted to Islam, having now taken a new name, Shuhada, which means “martyr” in Arabic.
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The announcement was made on an unverified Twitter account, where she also posted a picture of herself in a hijab.
She also retweeted a video by Imam Shaykh Dr. Umar al-Qadri of her saying the Islamic declaration of faith:
O'Connor also changed her Twitter profile image to a Nike symbol with the caption “wear a hijab. Just do it.”
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While she’s been inundated with welcome messages from Muslims, other social media users have suggested that O’Connor was only looking for attention:
Some hinted at her previous revelations about her mental health issues, saying that she was unstable:
O'Connor, who previously opened up about how she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder over ten years ago and had struggled with suicidal thoughts, has had a complicated relationship with religion.
A few years later, Bishop Michael Cox of an independent Catholic group, the Irish Orthodox Catholic and Apostolic Church, ordained the singer as a priest.
In 2011, she penned an article for the Sunday Independent, in which she called the Vatican “a nest of devils,” and called for the establishment of an “alternative church.”