Sa‘d al-Din Kopek
Kopek, Sa'd al-Din see Sa‘d al-Din Kopek
Gobek see Sa‘d al-Din Kopek
Sadama (Sidamo). The Ethiopian people who refer to themselves as Sadama may include several differing, but related, ethnic groups in the southwest part of Ethiopia. Perhaps ten percent are Muslim. They live in a trapezoidal shape area marked by Lake Awasa, Lake Abaya, the upper branches of the Loghita River and the Billate River. Though it is likely that the inter-ethnic trade of the last century would have provided the Sadama with some knowledge of Islam, informants are of the belief that only recently (within the last twenty years) have there been any significant numbers of converts.
There are several aspects of Sidamo (Sadama) culture which provide for ease of syncretic accommodation with Islam. These include dreams as a means of communication with the supernatural, importance of a traditional life code, revered elders as code interpreters, the use of conditional vows and reverence for spirits in the healing process.
The principal means of conversion to Islam is through dreams, an important element in Sidamo culture. One informant, after losing four of his children through serious illness in the space of a few months, dreamed that the loss was a message from Magano that he should become a Muslim. Three of his relatives had the same dream at approximately the same time. One convert suggested that the dream is conditional, like the one in which a dead father appears demanding to be honored. In the Islamic dream, however, the spirit of Shaikh Husain is manifest, and if one does not obey his summons death will occur. (Shaikh Husain was one of the first Muslim missionaries in the region. His revered tomb is in Balke on the plain near Goba.) The Shaikh is said to have been beloved by Magano, hence given the power to transform himself or other mortals into anything he desires. This is in keeping with the orthodox Muslim belief that saints are especially favored by God and after death constitute a link between the latter and the material world. For this reason saints signify their presence to mortals by appearing in dreams.
Sidamo see Sadama
Sadaqa ibn Mansur ibn Dubays (d.1108). Ruler of al-Hilla. He founded the town in 1102 from Kufa, which he had occupied in 1101. In the fight between the Great Saljuq Berkyaruq and his brother Muhammad I, he stood on the latter’s side. In 1103, Sadaqa extended his power over a great part of Iraq, and took Hit, Wasit, Basra and Takrit. He was finally defeated by Muhammad I.
Shuhada' Sadaqat (previously Magda Davitt and born Sinéad Marie Bernadette O'Connor; b. December 8, 1966, Dublin, Ireland – d. July 26, 2023, London, England), known professionally as Sinéad O'Connor, was an Irish singer and musician. Her debut studio album, The Lion and the Cobra, was released in 1987 and charted internationally. Her second studio album, I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got (1990), became her biggest success, selling over seven million copies worldwide. Its lead single, "Nothing Compare 2 U", was named the number-one world single in 1990 by the Billboard Music Awards.
O'Connor released 10 studio albums. Am I Not Your Girl? (1992) and Universal Mother (1994) were certified gold (over 100,000 in sales) in the United Kingdom. Faith and Courage (2000) was certified gold in Australia and Throw Down Your Arms (2005) went gold in Ireland. Her work included songs for films, collaborations with many other artists, and appearances at charity fundraising concerts. Her 2021 memoir Rememberings was a bestseller.
In 1999, O'Connor was ordained as a priest by the Latin Tridentine Church, a sect that is not recognized by the mainstream Catholic Church. She consistently spoke out on issues related to child abuse, human rights, racism, organized religion, and women's rights. Throughout her music career, O'Connor spoke about her spiritual journey, activism, socio-political views, as well as her trauma and mental health struggles. In 2017, O'Connor changed her name to Magda Davitt. After converting to Islam in 2018, she changed it again to Shuhada' Sadaqat. However, O'Connor continued to record and perform under her birth name.
O'Connor was born in the Cascia House Nursing Home at 13 Pembroke Road, Dublin, Ireland, on December 8, 1966. She was named Sinéad after Sinead de Valera, the mother of the doctor presiding over the delivery, Eamon de Valera, Jr., and Bernadette in honor of Saint Bernadette of Lourdes. She was the third of five children. Her siblings were Joseph (a novelist), Eimear, John, and Eoin.
O'Connor's parents were John Oliver "Seán" O'Connor, a structureal engineer later turned barrister and chairperson of the Divorce Action Group, and Johanna Marie O'Grady (1939–1985), who married in the Church of Our Lady of Good Counsel, Drimnagh, Dublin, in 1960. O'Connor attended Dominican College Sion Hill school in Blackrock, County Dublin.
In 1979, O'Connor left her mother and went to live with her father, who had married Viola Margaret Suiter (nee Cook) in Alexandria, Virginia, United States, three years prior in 1976. At the age of 15, her shoplifting and truancy led to her being placed for 18 months in a Magdalene asylum called the Grianán Training Centre run by the Order of Our Lady of Charity. In some ways, she thrived there, especially in the development of her writing and music, but she also chafed under the imposed conformity. Unruly students there were sometimes sent to sleep in the adjoining nursing home, an experience of which she later commented, "I have never—and probably will never—experience such panic and terror and agony over anything."
O'Connor's mother Marie died in a car accident on 10 February 10, 1985 at the age of 45 as she lost control of her car on an icy road and crashed into a bus. O'Connor was 18 when her mother died.
O'Connor had four children and was married and divorced four times. She had her first son, Jake, in 1987 with her first husband, music producer John Reynolds, who co-produced several of her albums, including Universal Mother. Reynolds and O'Connor later married in Westminster register office in March 1989. The same year, O'Connor had an abortion after things did not work out with the father. She later wrote the song "My Special Child" about the experience. O'Connor and Reynolds announced their plan to divorce in November 1991 after being separated for some time.
Soon after the birth of her daughter Brigidine Roisin Waters on March 10, 1996, O'Connor and the girl's father, Irish journalist John Waters, began a long custody battle that ended with O'Connor agreeing to let Roisin live in Dublin with Waters. In August 2001, O'Connor married British journalist Nick Sommerlad in Wales. The marriage ended in July 2002 after 11 months. She had her third child, son Shane, in 2004 with musician Donal Lunny. In 2006, she had her fourth child, Yeshua Francis Neil Bonadio, whose father is Frank Bonadio.
O'Connor was married a third time on July 22, 2010, to longtime friend and collaborator Steve Cooney, and in late March 2011, made the decision to separate. Her fourth marriage was to Irish therapist Barry Herridge. They wed on December 9, 2011, in Las Vegas.
On July 18, 2015, O'Connor's first grandson was born to her son Jake Reynolds and his girlfriend Lia.
On January 7, 2022, two days after her 17-year-old son Shane was reported missing from Newbridge, County Kildare, he was found dead by the Gardai (the police) in the Bray/Shankill part of Dublin. O'Connor stated that her son, custody of whom she lost in 2013, had been on "suicide watch" at Tallaght Hospital, and had "ended his earthly struggle".
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