“She represented the essence of our shared humanity.”The Grammy-winning singer converted to Islam in 2018 – changing her name to Shuhada’ Davitt, and later Shuhada’ Sadaqat.She initially contacted Mr Al Qadri and he invited her to the Islamic Centre of Ireland in suburban Dublin for a meeting.“She had many questions and obviously did her research about Islam, so she knew about the faith,” Mr Al Qadri said.The chief imam expressed his surprise upon discovering that O’Connor was a renowned singer as he had no prior knowledge of her identity.