# Sinead O'Connor is now Muslim **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 26, 2018, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sinead-oconnor-is-now-muslim/823524 "2018-10-26T00:48:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2018, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sinead-oconnor-is-now-muslim/823524/41 "2018-10-27T02:30:24Z")
This is such unsurprising news that I checked the time/date stamp of the OP to see if this was a zombie thread. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2018, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sinead-oconnor-is-now-muslim/823524/42 "2018-10-27T05:23:17Z")
> [@DSeid](#): > > But whether she finds what can give her peace and meaning there or continues to search for it, we can wish her, and all who are similarly looking, damaged souls or not, best wishes to find it. Me, too. And I mean that sincerely. But with her life like a ball in a religious/spiritual/whatever pinball machine, all I can do is shake my head. ---
**Author:** ![actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/actualliberalnotoneofthose)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2018, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sinead-oconnor-is-now-muslim/823524/43 "2018-10-28T00:46:07Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > I’m a little lost, she said some stupid stuff, decades ago. Did some stupid things decades ago. Was this difficult time her own causing, or has something happened to her since she left the limelight of her fame? She’s been all over the news and social media in recent years for bizarre behavior, mental breakdowns, her posts on anal sex, weird marriages, living in random hotels, etc. Personally, I wouldn’t even consider what she did decades ago “stupid” but what she’s done since she left the limelight is sort of stay in the reduced limelight with a bunch of interesting behavior. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2018, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sinead-oconnor-is-now-muslim/823524/44 "2018-10-28T01:09:38Z")
> [@DavidwithanR](#): > > Liberal unorthodox modern Islam is… hmmmm… What’s the word I’m looking for? [Nizari](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nizari)? ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2018, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sinead-oconnor-is-now-muslim/823524/45 "2018-10-28T01:17:04Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > This seems to me like it should be nobodies business but hers. And maybe the Turks. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2018, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sinead-oconnor-is-now-muslim/823524/46 "2018-10-28T01:52:24Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Maybe Sinead and Yusuf Islam will do an album together. That would be a trip making those two styles work on one album. It could happen. She’s apparently an admirer of his work as she’s often been heard to say that nothing compares to Yu. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2018, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sinead-oconnor-is-now-muslim/823524/47 "2018-10-28T02:06:48Z")
Reported. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2018, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sinead-oconnor-is-now-muslim/823524/48 "2018-10-28T03:05:09Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > I’m a little lost, she said some stupid stuff, decades ago. Did some stupid things decades ago. Was this difficult time her own causing, or has something happened to her since she left the limelight of her fame? I’m not sure if it’s possible to understand, unless you have experienced the horror of sick abusive parents from infancy. But if you’d really like to know, [you can watch this.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_H1DsWsKLE8) She is an incredibly brave woman who shared her pain publicly in the hopes of helping others. It’s a hellish thing to be unable to stop loving the person who tortured you. ---
**Author:** ![MeanJoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanjoe/32/5693_2.png) [@MeanJoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanJoe)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2018, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sinead-oconnor-is-now-muslim/823524/49 "2018-10-29T16:15:00Z")
I met her once, in a very minor and inconsequential way, back around 1993/1994. She was one of many musicians staying at the hotel I worked for when the WOMAD tour stopped in our city. Part of my job at the time was to make sure all the tour guests had received their luggage. Outside her hotel door she had left a handwritten note saying (paraphrased) “Thank you for bringing me my bags!” with various happy face drawings. Later that day, I saw her several times in the hotel lobby and around the property She seemed happy, almost childlike, about being in a hotel. Hard to describe other than to say she was bubbly, running around checking out the property smiling and talking to everyone, and she was very kind to everyone she passed. Over the years I’ve seen all the various stories that have come out related to her childhood and her subsequent mental health issues and challenges. Every time I think back to that younger woman who seemed so very happy and I say a small prayer/blessing that she finds some of that joy again. She really was delightful that day. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2018, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sinead-oconnor-is-now-muslim/823524/50 "2018-10-29T19:09:24Z")
> [@DavidwithanR](#): > > One reason: O’Connor has a consistent history of maintaining liberal and unorthodox views, no matter what organization she joins. Liberal unorthodox modern Islam is… hmmmm… What’s the word I’m looking for? > [@Kimstu](#): > > [Nizari](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nizari)? The thought of her joining the _Asāsīyūn_ rather amuses me. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2018, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sinead-oconnor-is-now-muslim/823524/51 "2018-10-29T19:22:16Z")
Children can be so cruel. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2018, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sinead-oconnor-is-now-muslim/823524/52 "2018-10-30T11:15:15Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > In reference to his [comments about Rushdie](https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/99/04/18/specials/rushdie-cat.html?_r=2), Mr. Islam says we should just [“get over it”](https://www.newshub.co.nz/entertainment/yusuf-islam-get-over-my-salman-rushdie-comments-2015010910), as he has gray hair now and was being honest about his views. I had been under the impression that he had apologized for his previous statements, but if he’s still trying to argue (and I know that article is from three years ago) that “I didn’t support the fatwa but hey, the law says blasphemy is punishable by death so whatchu gonna do?” then he’s a waffling idiot. Still like his music though. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2018, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sinead-oconnor-is-now-muslim/823524/53 "2018-11-06T23:36:30Z")
[Sinéad O’Connor Says She Never Wants to ‘Spend Time with White People Again’](https://people.com/music/sinead-oconnor-never-wants-spend-time-white-people-non-muslims/) (warning, autoplay video) > [@](#): > > I’m terribly sorry. What I’m about to say is something so racist I never thought my soul could ever feel it. But truly I never wanna spend time with white people again (if that’s what non-muslims are called). Not for one moment, for any reason. They are disgusting. No, that is not what they’re called. ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2018, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sinead-oconnor-is-now-muslim/823524/54 "2018-11-07T00:06:32Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > And maybe the Turks. This guy gets it. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2018, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sinead-oconnor-is-now-muslim/823524/55 "2018-11-07T19:57:17Z")
She better hope she doesn’t lose her faith in Islam, because tearing up an image of Mohammed on SNL might get a slightly different reaction from the faithful than tearing up a picture of the Pope. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2018, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sinead-oconnor-is-now-muslim/823524/56 "2018-11-07T20:39:01Z")
That, and she kinda burned that “White People” bridge pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2018, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sinead-oconnor-is-now-muslim/823524/57 "2018-11-07T21:14:02Z")
> [@Sam\_Stone](#): > > She better hope she doesn’t lose her faith in Islam, because tearing up an image of Mohammed on SNL might get a slightly different reaction from the faithful than tearing up a picture of the Pope. Clearly you don’t recall what happened to her after that. Blacklists, death threats, strangers spitting on her in public, it was a nightmare. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2018, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sinead-oconnor-is-now-muslim/823524/58 "2018-11-07T21:20:58Z")
> [@Sam\_Stone](#): > > She better hope she doesn’t lose her faith in Islam, because tearing up an image of Mohammed on SNL might get a slightly different reaction from the faithful than tearing up a picture of the Pope. > [@TruCelt](#): > > Clearly you don’t recall what happened to her after that. Blacklists, death threats, > strangers spitting on her in public, it was a nightmare. And clearly you don’t recall what happened to a French magazine that published some cartoons featuring Mohammed. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2018, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sinead-oconnor-is-now-muslim/823524/59 "2018-11-07T21:59:13Z")
there is a better chance of her getting hit by lightning than getting on SNL again ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2018, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sinead-oconnor-is-now-muslim/823524/60 "2018-11-08T00:24:20Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > Clearly you don’t recall what happened to her after that. Blacklists, death threats, > strangers spitting on her in public, it was a nightmare. Salman Rushdie would like a word with you about the costs of insulting Islam. I don’t recall Sinead having to live in hiding for years. We could ask Theo Van Gogh, except his ‘slander’ of the prophet got him stabbed multiple times in the chest and he’s no longer with us. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sinead-oconnor-is-now-muslim/823524.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sinead-oconnor-is-now-muslim/823524.md?page=4)