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\"Madonna
Madonna posted this photo to her Facebook page with the caption, “The Revolution of Love is on\u2026Inshallah”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I am surprised no one else caught this – From an “Ask Me Anything” (AMA) on Reddit, pop queen Madonna let this interesting tidbit<\/a> drop:<\/p>\n

\"madonna-quran\"<\/a><\/p>\n

This seems to be a natural progression for her. Her early music was heavily influenced by her Catholic upbringing, and in recent years she famously studied Kabbalah<\/a> (Jewish mysticism, analogous to Islamic Sufism). Her life is indeed a mystery. The photo from her Facebook account above, where she wears a chain-mail niqab, suggests her motives and attitude towards Islam remain… veiled<\/a>. Maybe we can start calling her the Immaterial Girl?<\/p>\n

(Related: which celebrities have and have not converted to Islam?<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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