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 increasingly secular in recent years. His religious fervour-he was, 
 unusually, confirmed in the Anglican communion as an adult, when a student 
 at Oxford-is a relatively unfamiliar phenomenon in contemporary Britain. 
 Indeed Blair, who has apparently read through the Koran three times, 
 sometimes seems more at home with the Muslim revival experienced by part 
 of the British electorate than with the secular style of the Church of 
 England. Blair does not like to be bracketed with right-wing religious 
 fundamentalists in the United States, but like many of them he is a 
 genuine 'friend of Israel', a country that he visited twice before 
 becoming prime minister. His knowledge of and support for Israel has long 
 been guided by Lord Levy, a millionaire in the music business who became 
 Blair's tennis partner, the Labour Party's chief fundraiser and, for a 
 while, the prime minister's eyes and ears in the Middle East." 
  
 Whatever the case, it is now obvious that there will be no peace in 
 Britain or Iraq as long as Blair remains Prime Minister. He is part of the 
 problem, not the solution. His departure has become an important 
 prerequisite to a safe Britain, which could detach itself from the 
 Pentagon and acquire a tiny measure of independence. 
  
 [Tariq Ali is author of the recently released Street Fighting Years (new 
 edition) and, with David Barsamian, Speaking of Empires & Resistance.] 
  
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