Has Madonna Ditched Kabbalah for Islam? Singer Reveals She Is Studying the Koran

MAIL ONLINE: It is almost a quarter of a century since she first sang Like A Prayer.

But it seems the intervening years have done little to help Madonna decide exactly who she’s praying to.

For it appears the queen of re-invention may be on the verge of one of her most startling changes yet, after she revealed she was studying the Koran.

The 55-year-old was raised a Roman Catholic, but for the past 17 years she has been a devout follower of Kabbalah, a mystical offshoot of Judaism. Now the singer, whose current partner is a Muslim, has begun investigating Islam.

She said: ‘I am building schools for girls in Islamic countries and studying the Koran.

‘I think it is important to study all the holy books.

‘As my friend Yaman always tells me, a good Muslim is a good Jew, and a good Jew is a good Christian, and so forth. I couldn’t agree more.

‘To some people this is a very daring thought.’ » | Aladair Glennie | Monday, October 07, 2013

Madonna Causes Confusion by Referring to President Barack Obama as a Muslim
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Pop star Madonna urged Americans to support President Barack Obama during a concert in Washington DC but incorrectly referred to him as a Muslim.


In a video posted on YouTube by audience members at the concert, the singer delivers a rousing, profanity-laced political speech on freedom during her show.

"Now, it's so amazing and incredible to think that we have an African-American in the White House ... we have a black Muslim in the White House ... it means there is hope in this country, and Obama is fighting for gay rights, so support the man," Madonna said. Mr Obama, who stands for re-election on Nov 6, is Christian.

Madonna said later: "I was being ironic on stage. Yes, I know Obama is not a Muslim - though I know that plenty of people in this country think he is. And what if he were?

"The point I was making is that a good man is a good man, no matter who he prays to. I don't care what religion Obama is - nor should anyone else in America." » | Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Le Front national va porter plainte contre Madonna
REUTERS FRANCE: PARIS - Le Front national va porter plainte contre Madonna après la diffusion samedi lors d'un concert de la chanteuse au Stade de France, d'un clip vidéo dans lequel Marine Le Pen apparaît brièvement affublée d'une croix gammée sur le front.

"Une plainte pour injure avec constitution de partie civile sera déposée la semaine prochaine devant le tribunal de grande instance de Bobigny, dont la juridiction couvre le Stade de France", a dit dimanche à Reuters Florian Philippot, vice-président du FN, confirmant une information donnée par le JDD.fr.

La vidéo, déjà diffusée lors de concerts précédents de Madonna, montre le visage de la star mêlé à celui d'autres personnalités comme Benoît XVI ou Hosni Moubarak et donc Marine Le Pen. L'image de la présidente du FN apparaît quelques secondes, suivie du visage d'un personnage qui ressemble à Adolf Hitler. » | Patrick Vignal | Reuters | dimanche 15 juillet 2012


leJDD.fr: Le Pen-Madonna : "Une plainte sera déposée pour injures" : INTERVIEW - Après la diffusion, samedi soir au Stade de France, lors du concert de Madonna, d'un clip vidéo représentant Marine Le Pen avec une croix gammée sur le front, le FN a vivement réagi dimanche matin. Contacté par leJDD.fr, Florian Philippot, vice-président du Front national, indique que "de manière évidente", une plainte sera déposée la semaine prochaine "pour que tous les responsables soient trouvés". "Ce qui me paraît encore plus grave, c'est la relativisation du nazisme" durant ce spectacle, a-t-il ajouté. » | Arnaud Focraud - leJDD.fr | dimanche 15 juillet 2012

Marine Le Pen Threatens to Sue Madonna
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Marine Le Pen, the leader of the French far-Right, has threatened to sue Madonna over a video depicting the National Front chief with a swastika on her forehead.

The fleeting image was shown at a concert the US-born singer gave in Tel Aviv last Thursday as part of her MDNA world tour.

Projected during the song Nobody knows me, the film morphed Madonna's face with a number of famous figures, including Chinese leader Hu Jinatao, US Republican former presidential candidate Sarah Palin and Pope Benedict XVI.

Miss Le Pen's eyes and forehead then appear for a second before a swastika and the eyes of Adolf Hitler are superimposed onto the FN leader.

Furious, Miss Le Pen threatened to sue the singer if she kept the video unchanged when she performs in Paris on the July 14 national holiday and in Nice in August. "If she does that in France, we'll be waiting for her," she told Le Parisien. » | Henry Samuel, Paris | Monday, June 04, 2012