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Saturday, January 1, 2011
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Tony Blair’s sister-in-law confirms conversion to Islam
By Joanne Bladd
Lauren Booth, the sister-in-law of former British prime minister and Middle East peace envoy Tony Blair, has converted to Islam following a visit to Iran. The 43-year-old Booth, half sister of Cherie Blair, said she is now a “proud member” of the Muslim community, after having what she described as a “holy experience” during a visit to the shrine of Fatima al-Masumeh in the city of Qom.
She said that when she was in Iran, “I sat down and felt this shot of spiritual morphine, just absolute bliss and joy.”
peaking to the Mail on Sunday after a multi-faith Global Peace and Unity Event in London, Booth said: “What I wanted to share with you today is that I am Lauren Booth and I am a Muslim. “I always felt that the Ummah (Muslim community) is a very loving, peaceful place and I am proud to be a member of it.
Booth said she now wears a hijab when she leaves her home, prays five times a day and visits her local mosque whenever she can.
‘I was always impressed with the strength and comfort it gave,’ she said of the religion.
Booth, who works for the English language Iranian news channel Press TV, has been a vocal critic of her brother-in-law, accusing him of bias towards Israel in his role as Middle East peace envoy.She said she hoped her conversion would change his presumptions about Islam.
In an open letter in the newspaper Morning Star last month, she wrote: “Personally I’ve never understood this fear of ‘political Islam’.
“It seems to me that religious people should always be educated on world events rather than kept in ignorance. Like, say, Midwest Christian Zionists in the US.”
Booth was refused entry to Israel and Egypt after travelling from Cyprus to Gaza on an activist ship which was protesting the blockade of Palestinian territory.
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