Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair's sister-in-law has embraced
Islam.
Broadcaster and journalist Lauren Booth, 43 - Cherie Blair's half-sister
- said she now wears a hijab head covering whenever she leaves her home,
prays five times a day and visits her local mosque 'when I can'.
She told ,'It was a Tuesday evening and I sat down and felt this shot of
spiritual morphine, just absolute bliss and joy,'
When she returned to Britain, she decided to convert immediately.
'Now I don't eat pork and I read the Quran every day. I'm on page 60. I
also haven't had a drink in 45 days, the longest period in 25 years,'
she said.
'The strange thing is that since I decided to convert I haven't wanted
to touch alcohol, and I was someone who craved a glass of wine or two at
the end of a day.'
Refusing to discount the possibility that she might wear a burka (veil),
she said: 'Who knows where my spiritual journey will take me?'
Before her awakening , she had been 'sympathetic' to Islam and has spent
considerable time working in Palestine. 'I was always impressed with the
strength and comfort it gave,' she said of the religion.
In August 2008 she travelled to Gaza by ship from Cyprus, along with 46
other activists, to highlight Israel's blockade of the territory.
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