Sinead O'Connor reveals she converted to Islam

Sinead O'Connor has a new religion – and a new name.

Last week, the singer "Nothing Compares 2 U" revealed on Twitter that she had converted to Islam.

"It's to announce that I'm proud to have become a Muslim," O'Connor wrote on October 19, explaining that his new faith "is the natural conclusion of any intelligent theologian's journey."

"All Scripture leads to Islam. Which makes all other writings superfluous, "she added, before revealing that she would now be known by a new name. "I'll be given another name. It will be Shuhada.

In addition to changing her name on her Twitter page, the singer has also replaced her profile photo with a photo saying "Wear a hijab, do it", next to the Nike swoosh logo. In addition, his biography on Twitter now reads: "PLEASE NOTE THAT IF YOU PUT A RACIST OR AN ANTI-HISTORIC ANTI-MUSLIMER ON THIS PAGE, YOU WILL BE BLOCKED"

A day later, the Irish singer announced that she had received his first hijab, writing that she would not share a photo because she is "extremely personal", before adding with humor that there was a second reason why she would not post a photo.

"I am an ugly old witch," she writes. "But I am a very, very, very old, old wizard."

Over the next two days, the Irish singer then shared a number of pictures of her wearing a headdress, simply writing that shehappy. "

In one of the pictures, she was standing in front of a sign saying, "You took my body, you took my mind, you took my children, but you will never take my voice."

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Practicing her Arabic skills, she then released an emotional video singing Azan, a call to worship, for the first time.

Excuse for his pronunciation errors, she explained that "the emotions have removed me from my page … but there will be hundreds of others on stage to come".

"After practicing Azan a hundred times, I promise you that I will sing it a lot better than the one I posted," she said. added Thursday.

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The musician was ordained priest in 1999 in a dissident Catholic group.

Previously, she had stood up against the abuses of the Catholic Church, even going so far as to shred a picture of Pope John Paul II during a long time. Saturday Night Live appearance in 1992.