Holly Booth
Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair’s sister-in-law, Lauren, is a convert to Islam. Recently, she and her Muslim family went to Egypt on vacation. Her daughter, Holly, had quite an experience there – she was told she couldn’t go in the hotel’s swimming pool while wearing what appeared to be a baggy, bright headbag.
Holly’s reaction was to play the Islamophobia card, as I’m sure she had learned from numerous sources in the Islamic community. She claimed Egypt was a “Muslim country,” before asking, “can you really be Muslim in the Muslim society?” Uhh, yes, you can, but you’re at a 5-star hotel. Those aren’t exactly known for being bastions of sharia compliance. Also, a young girl wearing baggy clothing in a swimming pool is an obvious drowning risk, and has potential to be a PR disaster in case tragedy strikes. It makes zero sense to allow Holly to wear baggy clothing in the pool, but logic was apparently not enough to satisfy.
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