{"id":10353,"date":"2010-10-23T22:53:23","date_gmt":"2010-10-24T02:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=10353"},"modified":"2010-10-23T22:53:23","modified_gmt":"2010-10-24T02:53:23","slug":"tony-blairs-sister-in-law-converts-to-islam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/tony-blairs-sister-in-law-converts-to-islam\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Blair\u2019s sister-in-law converts to Islam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lauren Booth, sister-in-law to Tony Blair and journalist \u2013 or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=p-47JS0apDs\">shrill harridan<\/a> \u2013 for the Islam Channel has decided to become a Muslim. She is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VbJBtlU-cTc\">not known for accuracy<\/a> in <a href=\"http:\/\/keeptonyblairforpm.wordpress.com\/2010\/08\/04\/lies-of-lauren-booth-uncovered-by-media-standards-watchdog-ofcom\/\">her reporting<\/a>, is the recipient o<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/lisagoldman.files.wordpress.com\/2008\/09\/lauren-booth-receives-palestinian-passport-2.jpg\" alt=\"Add an Image\" width=\"197\" height=\"150\" \/>f the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.honestreporting.com\/a\/dishonest.asp\">Dishonest Reporter of 2008 Award<\/a> and is creating great anticipation as millions wait for her to don a full body burka and finally keep quiet.<\/p>\n<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-1323278\/Cheries-half-sister-Lauren-Booth-Ive-converted-Islam-trip-Iran.html?ITO=socialnet-twitter-dmailnews\">here<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Tony Blair\u2019s sister-in-law has converted to Islam after having a \u2018holy experience\u2019 in Iran.<\/p>\n<p>Broadcaster and journalist Lauren Booth, 43 \u2013 Cherie Blair\u2019s half-sister \u2013 said she now wears a hijab head covering whenever she leaves her home, prays five times a day and visits her local mosque \u2018when I can\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>She decided to become a Muslim six weeks ago after visiting the shrine of Fatima al-Masumeh in the city of Qom.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It was a Tuesday evening and I sat down and felt this shot of spiritual morphine, just absolute bliss and joy,\u2019 she told The Mail on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>When she returned to Britain, she decided to convert immediately.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Now I don\u2019t eat pork and I read the Koran every day. I\u2019m on page 60.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lauren Booth, sister-in-law to Tony Blair and journalist \u2013 or shrill harridan \u2013 for the Islam Channel has decided to become a Muslim. She is not known for accuracy in her reporting, is the recipient of the Dishonest Reporter of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/tony-blairs-sister-in-law-converts-to-islam\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":11,"footnotes":""},"categories":[189],"tags":[2178,996],"class_list":["post-10353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-islam","tag-islam","tag-lauren-booth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10353"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10353\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}