In August 2018, the tireless Magda Davitt sent an open letter — the whole world needed to know — asking Pope Francis to excommunicate her, as she had previously asked Pope Benedict and John Paul II. So far she hasn’t gotten her wish, but converting to Islam might just do the trick. On the other hand, the Church might want to torment her by not excommunicating her. Or, most diabolical of all, decided not to give her any attention. Is that what drove her….no, she’s already crazy…to do something really insane, like convert to Islam? Because — whaddaya know? — just two months later, she did.
Some Muslims may be delighted at this example of adult-onset Islam. They love it when celebrities convert to Islam. But others may think that Islam deserves a better class of convert, that an Irish girl who started out crazy and has gotten crazier with each passing decade is not what the faith needs just now. Maybe one of the Obama girls?
She received enormous sums for the songs she wrote, and also performed, but somehow she managed, despite all that money that came her way, to end up in August 2017 living in a $70-a-night motel in New Jersey. She never explained what happened to all her money. Then out of the blue came her Announcement To The World: I have converted to Islam. That story put her in the spotlight for a few weeks. And then she announced to the world, in that subliterate way that she thinks adds to her rough charm — that “I never wanna spend time with white people” again. And who are these “white people”? They are those who are also called “non-Muslims.” So she never gonna wanna spend time ever again, see, with those “white people” (a/k/a ”non-Muslims”) whom she calls “disgusting.”
Where does this “disgust” with all non-Muslims (a/k/a “white people”) come from? Most likely from the Qur’an. She learned that Muslims are “the best of peoples” (3:110). Her new Muslim friends, the ones who spotted her as a likely prospect, given her mental state, and helped convert her, no doubt would want her to know that verse. That’s got to have made her feel good. What’s more, they likely also taught her that all non-Muslims are “the most vile of creatures” (98:6). It’s in the Qur’an. That sentiment really appealed to her. It explained her own lifelong problems, such as her mother (“disgusting”), and so many other people, ex-husbands, ex-lovers, ex-collaborators — every manjack of whom were, or are, non-Muslims and “white” (including Prince?) and therefore “disgusting.”
Then there is her music career, such as it now is. This month Shuhada released an album she had recorded earlier this year, when she was still Magda Davitt (no longer Sinead and not yet Shuhada’ Sadaqat) with Ronnie Wood, Mick Mason, and Imelda May. All three of her collaborators are non-Muslims. Shouldn’t Shuhada now distance herself from that album, and tell the world she wants nothing to do with it, given that her three fellow musicians were all non-Muslims and, therefore, it turns out, “disgusting” white people (and because Islam forbids the use of musical instruments)? And from now on, won’t she want to avoid all non-Muslim, “white,” and therefore disgusting, people, including the musicians she used to work with? Perhaps she’ll give up music altogether, as a good Muslim who follows Muhammad’s strictures on musical instruments, and devote her life instead to being brand ambassador for Islam. There are deep-pocketed Muslims who might provide her with a generous stipend for doing such work.
I don’t know where the tragicomic tale of Shuhada/Magda/Sinead Davitt/O’Connor/Sadaqat goes from here. But surely there are many more surprises to come. Her adult-onset Islam is not the last stop on her spiritual journey. She’s a publicity hound, and needs to keep startling her audience. She sang the adhan, apparently unaware that women are forbidden to sing it, and her new Muslim friends did not remonstrate with her, apparently not wishing to offend their plumb new convert. She yearns for more followers on Twitter, and more friends on Facebook. Maybe she’ll change her mind yet again, and decide that “non-Muslims” — “white people” — aren’t so disgusting after all. Maybe she’ll declare her admiration for Donald Trump. Or declare her desire to marry Vladimir Putin. Or demand — and given this giddy globe she might well get — her own reality TV show. Or become a nun. Hold onto your seats. With Shuhada, anything is possible.
Steve D says
It’s astonishing how someone can loathe themselves to this extent. I guess mental illness sure helps it along.
revereridesagain says
“Adult-onset Islam”. Perfect terminology!
FYI says
A.I.D.D
Adult-onset IslamIc Delusion Disorder
islam
Incurable Serial Losers Antisocial Malady
BC says
I always quickly turn of the sound if her screeching ‘music’ comes on the radio. I have always found her to be quite disgusting. More to be pitied than laughed at really
mortimer says
DADDY ISSUES? Hmmm …
At any rate, Sinead O’Connor proves that YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE CRAZY TO JOIN ISLAM, BUT IT HELPS !
Andy says
Sinead O’ Connor is Falling Apart like the Women’s March Organization
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fB7i_-RV2GI
Andy says
Sinead O’ Connor hear some truth from Katie Hopkins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjzQrD7B63o&t=42s
Angemon says
Yup – there’s always room for useful idiots, especially of the crazed kind…
mortimer says
MOHAMMED WAS A WHITE MAN ACCORDING TO MORE THAN 31 HADITHS:
Legs were white: Sahih Bukhari 4:56:767; Sahih Muslim 8:3325
Thighs were white: Sahih Bukhari 1:8:367, See Also Sahih Muslim 19.4437
Shanks were white: Sahih Bukhari 1:8:367, See Also Sahih Muslim 19.4437
Armpits were white: Sahih Bukhari 8:78:631, See Also Sahih Bukhari 9.086.108:1:1, Sahih Bukhari 9.089.286:1:1, Sahih Bukhari 9.089.305:1:1, Sahih Bukhari 3.047.769:1:1, Sahih Muslim 20.4511:1, Sahih Muslim 20.4509:1; Sahih Bukhari 5:59:612, See Also Sahih Muslim 31:6092, Sahih Muslim 31:6092; Sunan Abu Dawud 3:898
Forearms were white: Sahih Muslim 4:1014
Abdomen was white: Sahih Bukhari 9:90:342, See Also Sahih Bukhari 4:52:90; Sahih Muslim 19:4442
Cheeks were white: Sahih Muslim 4:1208; Sunan Abu Dawud 3:991; Sunan Abu Dawud 3:1002
Complexion was white: Sahih Muslim 30:5777, See Also Sahih Muslim 30:5786
General appearance was white: Sahih Bukhari 1:3:63; Sahih Bukhari 2:17:122; Sahih Bukhari 4:56:744; Sahih Muslim 30:5778, See Also Sahih Muslim 30:5778
Mohammed the WHITE MAN owned Black Slaves
BLACK SLAVES OF MUHAMMAD
Sahih Muslim, Book 10, Number 3901:
Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah:
There came a slave and pledged allegiance to Allah’s Apostle (peace_be_upon_him) on migration; he (the Prophet) did not know that he was a slave. Then there came his master and demanded him back, whereupon Allah’s Apostle (peace_be_upon_him) said: Sell him to me. And he bought him for two black slaves, and he did not afterwards take allegiance from anyone until he had asked him whether he was a slave (or a free man).
MOHAMMED … the WHITE MAN and false prophet … who owned BLACK SLAVES.
Solomon says
If Muhammad was pale, then how did he survive the desert without getting sunburned?
Bodega says
I ‘love’ people like this and am so grateful to be reminded why I am such an introvert unconvertable Buddhist and a ‘unprogressed’ Conservative.. However, it is worrisome . We have plenty of people for the muslims to work on who don’t have a functioning brain cell in their heads to be converted away from ‘disgusting white family members and friends’ to Islam.
Maybe that’s what happening in Minnesota. I have a daughter I worry about in a similar way. I am not sure what is keeping her more or less sane but once I understood she did not want to know why her mitochondrial DNA must be a replica of mine (her son’s is exactly like mine) and the DNA attributed to her has considerable black ancestry (I have none according to 3 different DNA companies ) and she didn’t want the test redone which is similar to her refusal to read anything having to do with Islam, I understood there may never be a way to discuss Islam with her. Her mind is perfect for becoming a cult member. Sigh.
I am very confident she finds me “disgusting” because of my knowledge of the Qur’an and resultant views overall about Islam. She is now refusing to believe I am her biological mother. I should add she did join a cult as a teen ager. It was difficult to un-cult her. Other than my worry about her (I doubt she’d be much interested in FGM) I worry she may do some incredibly unsane thing like decide to get to know Muslims so she can refute me and the rest of her family until she marries one and FGM becomes an issue.
revereridesagain says
“Her mind is perfect for becoming a cult member. Sigh.” Even more worrisome when one considers that most cults actively recruit, and Islam is the largest cult actively recruiting in this country.
I am sorry your daughter has already had a serious cult experience. I spent many years in the 80s and 90s working with organizations to expose cults and help former members until we were shut down by one of the largest and most powerful cults in the country. Islam is just following the pattern, writ large.
James Pierce says
She doesn’t need the Pope to excommunicate her. I’m pretty sure that happened automatically when she decided she was a “priest” in whatever that silly group was that she was in.
jewdog says
I’ll only worry when sane, decent or intelligent people start converting to Islam. Meanwhile, the counter-jihad gains another bad example, sort of like an ISIS beheading video, only less bloody and more ridiculous.
Richard says
I cannot comprehend what possible attraction Islam has for women. The religion makes them worse than slaves of their husbands, who are encouraged to beat them. They are circumcised, not allowed to go out alone, and must keep their faces hidden from all outside their families. It is even unclear if they get to heaven. It is unclear (at least to me) if the houries Mohammed promises his loyal men there are human women who have lived on earth. But if that is the eternal destiny of good Muslim women, what joy will they get there out of constant sex after having been circumcised on earth so that they cannot enjoy it? Virtual slaves on earth, they will continue to be so in heaven for all eternity? That sounds less like heaven than it does hell.
Wellington says
Seconded.
revereridesagain says
“Sheikh of Araby” Syndrome. Remember all the swooning and fainting over Rudolph Valentino’s tent dwelling romeo in the 1920s silent movie? It’s baaaaaaack…
Seriously, women who have bought into the anti-“Islamophobia” line of the Left are susceptible to the manipulative charms of Muslim males — I continue to insist that there is really no such thing as a Muslim MAN — who apply taqiyya (or whichever of their synonyms for lying apply) to the task of wooing and winning themselves a legal kafir sex slave. Sad.
eduardo odraude says
Many women convert based on “love” and don’t see for themselves what the core Islamic texts teach. A Muslim man who is religious — especially a non-citizen seeking citizenship — will tend to behave differently during the courting stage than during the marriage stage. During courting, he may appear liberal, but after marriage, the traditional Islamic norms and demands are imposed. Especially if the man takes the woman back to his own country. She might then never escape.
Karen says
It’s quite normal for people to become more serious about religion (among other things) as the years go by, especially after they have children. That’s why the conversion for love can be such a trap. I imagine many women are shocked by their husbands’ resurgent religiosity and sad that the faith they gave up is now forbidden to share with their children. I’ve seen this several times. Be smart, women!
Sam says
Hate, hate, and hate is the only thing Islam really offers. That includes self hate. This lady is a no good miserable idiot and sorry I will not feel sorry for her when she is abused (if not already) by her muslim friends in her new religion of evil
Jean says
“…in that subliterate way that she thinks adds to her rough charm…”
Indeed?
Excuse me. I must admit that I find this article series on Sinead O’Connor, who is known to be clinically mentally ill, distasteful. Why all this aggression, this spiteful tone? It does not become the author. I used to have the impression of Mr. Fitzgerald as a civilized and reflective person, but this article is less so. Mr. Fitzgerald, believe me, you are not doing yourself, or Mr. Spencer’s site, a favor by stooping to this level.
If you go to a psychiatric hospital and listen to what the mentally ill have to say, you will hear a multitude of disturbing, even Satanic-sounding, statements. But people whose minds are broken are like those who have lost control of their bowels, constantly soiling themselves. Is it proper to scold them in such a situation?
I cannot mobilize any anger at the tragic spectacle of this crushed soul (Sadaqat/O’Connor), or take her ravings seriously at this point. Why do you? She will not harm anyone but herself (unless she becomes a suicide bomber, which would be horrific indeed). She is hardly capable of converting anyone; she’d sooner scare prospective converts away. She is her own worst enemy.
How about choosing a healthier opponent?
Norger says
As pointed out in a previous article, Islam (like other cults) holds a special appeal for the psychologically vulnerable; Islam makes the moral choices for you (e.g. one should hate non-Muslims). The MSM will never point such things out. Instead, they feed us tripe like “Muhammed was a paragon of tolerance.”
Karen says
She is indeed a sad and crushed soul, and worthy of some compassion, but I wouldn’t necessarily classify her as harmless. She appears to be quite functional and capable of exploiting the exposure the media provide her. Agree, her appeal will be limited to people who suffer her form of damage, but in this she does have the power to harm others with her hateful influence. You and I won’t take her ranting seriously but other, very vulnerable people will, so ‘calling her out’ isn’t inappropriate.
Tony Pearson says
There is a deep underlying failure to this woman’s life. Her musical ‘fame’ is related to one song, and one alone. The credit for its success belongs to Prince, who wrote it and Nellee Hooper who arranged and produced it. The accompanying video which effectively sold the song was created by others. They were the real talents of that genre. Her voice was pleasant enough but not exceptional. She was unable to perform in the same way on stage and her contribution to a Bob Dylan anniversary concert was embarrassing. Her 15 minutes is over and deep down she knows it. With collapsed record sales, empty concerts and abandonment by the music industry she crashes around from disaster to delusion, seeking attention but totally ignored.
Hugh Fitzgerald says
I don’t agree that because Shuhada is demented she should be exempt from criticism. She has gone out of her way to describe all white people as “disgusting.” She’s a preacher of hate There are plenty of demented souls who say similar things about Jews. Should we not go after them, and after her, hammer and tongs?
Ecosse1314 says
Quite agree Mr Fitzgerald. This harpie made her conversion a public event and added to it with her public racist statements. More power to your pen.
revereridesagain says
And “pop” stars, even ones as notoriously unhinged as Sinead/Shuhada are still an influence on their fans and those who find “profundity” in their madness.
eduardo odraude says
Jean’s compassion would be admirable if it were not misplaced, for the reasons given above by Hugh Fitzgerald. Sinead, or whatever her name is, has been a superstar, and considered by many people (don’t ask me) to be a musician of genius. People who have been subject to the well-known danger of a little education often think of madness in artists as almost synonymous with genius. Unfortunately, her conversion may be emulated by some of her many fans. It should be criticized.
Jean says
Hugh Fitzgerald.
Please let me clarify. I certainly do not oppose criticism, only the personal form it took. Scorn and sarcasm, while an ordinary instrument in polemics, do not seem fitting in the context of a truly mentally ill person. Just my opinion.
I guess I react to it because the sheer desperation in her actions reminds me a lot of the character Pink in the movie “The Wall”. He had a similar background: absent father, abusive mother, thrashings and scorn from all surrounding adults. He became a fascist, upon which a total mental dissolution swiftly followed. I fear that his trial is also hers. And quake at the thought. The inner horror she is fleeing must be unfathomable if she thinks islam a remedy.
I must add that I would not excuse her with reference to her mental illness if she committed violence for islam. For any action of real evil, personal responsibility must be taken.
But for now, I just grieve that any soul should be caught in such a hell and not find help in time. I cannot joke about that, and I do not wonder that she feels “the whole world needs to know”.
It does, in a way. A great part of our present problem stems from our unwillingness to confront the real extent of the evil we are up against. Not least when it comes to abuse of children, as the treatment of Tommy Robinson exemplifies. We urgently need more people to face head-on the role of child abuse in islam, and how it creates jihadis.
Jean says
For those of us outside the wall, it is difficult to appreciate the challenge faced by someone sealed inside a diseased mind. But I think the trial scene from “The Wall” is pretty accurate. Imagine if each day of your life were a repetition of this sequence. How would you cope – and for how long?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8Zuxsqp78M
FYI says
If she hates white people so much ,perhaps she should remember that every time she praises her new-found “prophet” muhammed, she is praising a WHITE MAN,a misogynistic,black slave-owner with a child bride:that’s islam’s role model.
WHITEY mo.
somehistory says
There are people aplenty who have mental issues, but not so many of them say that all “White people” are “disgusting.”
IMO, she is the one behaving and speaking in a “disgusting” manner and has joined a most “disgusting” religion. As a White, non-moslim, I see islam as the most disgusting *thing* on earth. It is the exact opposite of any and all things good. And I would feel the same if I were of another Race, shunning the evils of islam and its disgusting code of behavior.
Could be her next step is violence, and then, of course, those who defend her will cite her “mental issues.”
neil brosnan says
as an irish ex-pat please accept my humblest apologies. I am considering breaking up my Sinead… Black Album CDs, but it would now be considered blasphemy.
Im gratified however to note that the unthinkable happens regularly in Ireland now with people talking back and walking ou, if the church mass sermon is distasteful.
Of course there no death threas for speaking-truth-to-power in RCatholic (nowadays anyway)
“Disgusting” What I found disgusting was some co-workers habit and compulsion to wash their feet three times a day in the public shared bathroom.
Also refusal to shake my wife hand…. in case she is in that unholy and unclean time of the month. or just a temptation anyway….. no hujab,,, niqab etc etc
My blood runs cold also when I see Niqab/burka woman walking behind casually dressed husband into a modern supermarket
Im going to The Messiah in concert this season, its all I have left. .
eduardo odraude says
Nice of you, but being Irish is no reason to apologize.
This is about individuals vs. Islamic totalitarianism. This is not about ethnicity.
Jack Holan says
The Obama Girls are mentioned as Muslim convert candidates. In Islam Children follow the faith of the father. Who is to say Barry isn’t a Closet Muslim? Hussein is the giveaway and his pronouncent at the UN about Islam and his love for morning call to prayer
somehistory says
If they are really his daughters…and not rented from some friends of his.
Manny says
Well at least the hajib covers her bald head. But then again, why does she need a hajib if she has no hair?
Ashley says
Her latest stunt, Hugh?
Try this one on. She now asserts that non-Muslims are “mentally ill.”
https://www.irishpost.com/news/sinead-oconnor-claims-anyone-isnt-muslim-mentally-ill-says-wants-outlive-bono-cant-speak-funeral-162011
FYI says
“Non-muslims are mentally ill”?
Jesus Christ,Moses….Hindus,Buddhists,Sikhs,Jains,Atheists…..all non-muslims.
So now she is insulting.in the name of your new cult.ALL OTHER WORLD RELIGIONS AND PEOPLES.
Her conversion to islam is the worst news …for muslims:a spectacular own-goal !
It shows you what kind of folk are attracted to the Cult of muhammed.She will turn out to be a PR nightmare for them!
..wait till she finds about the FGM,the Slavery,the cross-dressing “prophet”…
Ashley says
She will turn out to be a PR nightmare for them!
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Totally agree. Her public postings that she deems white folk “disgusting” and non-Muslims “mentally ill” doesn’t exactly make her a darling to Islam.
Sinead went from the frying pan into the fire this time.
No Muzzies Here says
The best explanation for this insane action is that she hates herself deeply. By the common definition, she is White, and so she has just said that she hates White people and so hates herself.
One thing in her favor: of all the religions in the world, the one most consistent with self-loathing and self-destructive behavior is the one she chose.
Indiana Tom says
Or, most diabolical of all, decided not to give her any attention.
Sound advice.
I really think this is a staged sound bite for her.
Paddy OConnor says
Poor Sinead.Theres no reason to be so full of hatred for yourself.Your psychic problems come from your family who were unable to help you to maturity because of their own immaturity. Those psychic failures are easily remedied by understanding the root causes which are not all that difficult to put right. The great problem for people raised in Catholic Ireland is that the problems are classified as the greatest of sins for which there is no forgiveness resulting in a hell on earth existence for its victims. You ,and others ,must abandon that root of evil and find a new life and understanding in Judeo Christianity not Roman Fake Religion.
Lorensacho says
Poor Sinead. She was brought up Catholic, but in her art profited from abandoning her faith. Then faithless she has become a Muslim. Obviously she is can’t trust herself to think for herself and needs the structure of a religion to guide her. That’s what happens to people who are brainwashed as children to believe in certain ideologies. They lose their autonomy.
martin says
She is certainly corrupt enough to find islam attractive.