Ex-British Prime Minister Tony Blair's sister-in-law Lauren Booth is converting to Islam - Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair's sister-in-law is converting to IslamIran
Lauren Booth, 43, the half sister of Blair's wife, Cherie, announced her decision at a weekend Global Peace and Unity rally inLondon
"What I wanted to share with you today is that I am Lauren Booth and I am a Muslim," she said to a cheering crowd.
Booth's move to Islam comes three years after Blair converted to Catholicism. She said she began her conversion to Islam six weeks ago after visiting a shrine in the Iranian holy city ofQom
Lauren Booth, 43, the half sister of Blair's wife, Cherie, announced her decision at a weekend Global Peace and Unity rally in
"What I wanted to share with you today is that I am Lauren Booth and I am a Muslim," she said to a cheering crowd.
Booth's move to Islam comes three years after Blair converted to Catholicism. She said she began her conversion to Islam six weeks ago after visiting a shrine in the Iranian holy city of
Katib/Getty // Lauren Booth, sister-in-law of Tony Blair, stands next to a poster of Yasser Arafat in 2008
"I sat down and felt this shot of spiritual morphine, just absolute bliss and joy," said Booth, a journalist, human rights activist and former reality-TV contestant.
She said she has stopped eating pork and started reading the Koran daily, going to a mosque and covering her head with a hijab, a traditional Muslim scarf
"I also haven't had a drink in 45 days, the longest period in 25 years," Booth said. ( nydailynews.com )
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