Irish singer Sinead O'Connor, who destroyed a photo of Pope John Paul II at "Saturday Night Live" in 1992 in protest against the Catholic Church, says she's sure she will not be in trouble. 39, is converted to Islam.

The singer "Nothing Compares 2 U", now known as Shuhada 'Davitt, revealed the news on Twitter on October 19, writing: "It is to announce that I am proud to have become a Muslim. This is the natural conclusion of any intelligent theologian's journey. Any study of the scriptures leads to Islam. Which makes all other scriptures redundant. "

During his spiritual journey, O 'Connor spoke out against the scandals of badual violence in his home country and was ordained priest by the Irish Orthodox and Apostolic Church, a group independent.

In 2000, she announced that she was a bad in an interview, and then came back later, claiming that even though she had had some relationships with women, "I'm in no box."

More recently, O & # 39; Connor has made one of his mental health problems. In November 2015, she launched a suicide threat on Facebook for childcare issues. The following May, she disappeared for a day before traveling to a suburb of Chicago.

In 2017, she sat for an interview with Dr. Phil during her day talk show, where she revealed that her emotional troubles had been triggered by the hormonal effects of a radical hysterectomy.

"I was told to leave the hospital two days after surgery with Tylenol without any hormonal replacement or any indication of what could happen to me," she recalls. "I was thrown into a surgical menopause.Hormones were ubiquitous.I became very suicidal.I was a special case.After hysterectomy, I became mental."

Contribution: Associated Press

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