Sinead acknowledged that her tweet was racist (Picture: Twitter/ @MagdaDavitt77)

Sinead O’Connor has claimed she doesn’t want to spend any more time with ‘disgusting’ white people.

The singer recently announced she has converted to Islam, changing her name to Shuhada’ Davitt.

However, in the midst of her tweets about her practice of Islam, the 51-year-old made a statement which she acknowledged was ‘so racist I never thought my soul could ever feel it’.

The Nothing Compares 2U singer wrote: ‘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).


Sinead sparked controversy among her followers with her tweets (Picture: Twitter)

‘Not for one moment, for any reason. They are disgusting.’



The majority of those replying to Sinead’s tweet – many of them Muslims themselves – called her out on the post.

One person wrote: ‘Good and bad people are everywhere be it any cast or creed or religion’, while another replied: ‘No one’s ethnicity makes them disgusting, no matter which individuals you’ve encountered.’

And one reply read: ‘My sis this is just a handful of ppl who’ve treated you this way. Not all non-Muslims will mistreat you. Just as not all Muslims will treat you well. As a revert myself (over 22 years), I have experienced prejudice from Muslims who have very narrow minded views about reverts.’

The singer was previously an ordained priest (Picture: REX SHUTTERSTOCK)

The Irish singer continued: ‘Interesting to see if Twitter bans this when it allows people like Trump and Milbank spew the satanic filth upon even my country.

‘Forgive me. Sometimes the Lord needs dirty workers ; ) #NotAsFuckinCrazyAsSheLooks ; ) #TrustMeIAMaSoldier.

‘BTW if one IS an intelligent theologian and has taken the journey, one would know there is no more talk of ancient violence in the Q’ran as the Tanukh, the Bible or The sodding Mahabarata. And its ALL EQUALLY IRELLEVANT TO OUR TIMES #ForFuckSake #ReignOfWhiteMANover.’

Sinead was ordained as a priest by the Irish Orthodox Catholic and Apostolic Church in the late 1990s, and practised Christianity for years.

Famously, in 1992, she ripped up a picture of Pope John Paul II and said ‘fight the real enemy’ during a performance on Saturday Night Live, in protest of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.

The star addressed this moment on Twitter, sharing a link and writing: ‘The last line of this performance on SNL was my first Shahada and the real moment I became a Muslim.’

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