Booth Details Converting to Islam on Hazrat Zahra (PBUH) Birthday Anniversary
A large group of Shia Muslims have attended a ceremony in Turkey to mark the birthday anniversary of Hazrat Zahra, the beloved daughter of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH), with Lauren Booth, the renowned Muslim British journalist speaking as a special guest of her conversion to Islam.
The ceremony, held in a cultural center in Istanbul on Sunday, was attended by 3,000 Shia Muslims including scholars, prominent figures and clerics. Different guests delivered a speech on Hazrat Fatemeh Zahra (PBUH), commending her character and way of life.
During the ceremony, Lauren Booth, the former British Premier Tony Blair's sister-in-law delivered a speech about Islam and recounted how she converted to the holy religion in 2010.
The well-known journalist and human rights activist described the British royal family’s lifestyle as absurd, pointless and one of carousing, and said before converting to Islam, she imbibed wine every day.
Booth then described the night she spent at a mosque in the holy city of Qom in Iran in 2010, saying she felt great peace there. A week later, she said her shahada privately at a mosque and converted to Islam on her return to London.
She said she had her awakening during a visit to the Gaza Strip in 2008, which had come as part of her activism to highlight Israel's blockade of the impoverished Palestinian territory.
Lauren Booth is now a broadcaster with Iran's English-language news network Press TV.
Source: Press TV
During the ceremony, Lauren Booth, the former British Premier Tony Blair's sister-in-law delivered a speech about Islam and recounted how she converted to the holy religion in 2010.
The well-known journalist and human rights activist described the British royal family’s lifestyle as absurd, pointless and one of carousing, and said before converting to Islam, she imbibed wine every day.
Booth then described the night she spent at a mosque in the holy city of Qom in Iran in 2010, saying she felt great peace there. A week later, she said her shahada privately at a mosque and converted to Islam on her return to London.
She said she had her awakening during a visit to the Gaza Strip in 2008, which had come as part of her activism to highlight Israel's blockade of the impoverished Palestinian territory.
Lauren Booth is now a broadcaster with Iran's English-language news network Press TV.
Source: Press TV
