{"id":5118,"date":"2010-10-24T18:41:06","date_gmt":"2010-10-24T18:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2010\/10\/tony-blairs-sister-in-law-becomes-muslim.html"},"modified":"2010-10-24T18:41:06","modified_gmt":"2010-10-24T18:41:06","slug":"tony-blairs-sister-in-law-becomes-muslim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2010\/10\/tony-blairs-sister-in-law-becomes-muslim.html","title":{"rendered":"Tony Blair&#8217;s sister-in-law becomes Muslim"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s another convert in the Blair family, according to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-1323412\/After-Tony-Blairs-conversion-Catholicism-sister-law-Laura-Booth-says-Im-Muslim.html\">news reports: <\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/article-1323412-0BBFB05C000005DC-329_233x423.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"article-1323412-0BBFB05C000005DC-329_233x423.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/212\/import\/assets_c\/2010\/10\/article-1323412-0BBFB05C000005DC-329_233x423-thumb-175x317-18784.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"float: left;margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt\" height=\"317\" width=\"175\" \/><\/a><\/span>It could certainly make family get-togethers interesting.<\/p>\n<p>Tony Blair&#8217;s sister-in-law Lauren Booth has converted to Islam.<\/p>\n<p>The former prime minister is also a religious convert &#8211; he became a Roman Catholic after leaving office in 2007.<\/p>\n<p>Miss Booth, who is Cherie Blair&#8217;s half sister, decided to adopt her new faith after what she described as a holy experience in Iran.<\/p>\n<p>She now covers her head with a hijab when she leaves home, has given up alcohol and visits a mosque &#8216;when she can&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>The 43-year-old mother of two, who has long sympathised with the Muslim cause, described how she had a religious awakening six weeks ago on a visit to a shrine in the Iranian holy city of Qom.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I sat down and felt this shot of spiritual morphine, just absolute bliss and joy,&#8217; she said. The former reality TV contestant decided to convert immediately on her return to Britain. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> There&#8217;s more at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-1323412\/After-Tony-Blairs-conversion-Catholicism-sister-law-Laura-Booth-says-Im-Muslim.html\">the link.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-1323412\/After-Tony-Blairs-conversion-Catholicism-sister-law-Laura-Booth-says-Im-Muslim.html\"> <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s another convert in the Blair family, according to news reports: It could certainly make family get-togethers interesting. Tony Blair&#8217;s sister-in-law Lauren Booth has converted to Islam. The former prime minister is also a religious convert &#8211; he became a Roman Catholic after leaving office in 2007. 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