Sinéad O’Connor fans gather outside late singer’s Irish home for funeral procession
“The more she sang and spoke about her own pain, as well as about the pervasive sins in society that she witnessed, the more her voice and her words resonated with listeners and touched their hearts,” Islamic scholar Umar Al-Qadri, who led the Muslim burial,“Sinéad never stopped her search to know God fully, exemplifying a life marked with a deep communion with God.
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