British ambassador to Saudi Arabia completes Hajj pilgrimage after converting to Islam
Simon Collis
Simon Collis and his wife Huda in front of the British consulate in Mecca
Raf Sanchez, Middle East correspondent
15 September 2016 • 12:41pm
Britain’s ambassador to Saudi Arabia has been inundated with congratulations from across the Islamic world after it emerged that he converted to Islam and carried out the first Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca ever performed by a senior UK diplomat.
The conversion of Simon Collis, the UK envoy to Riyadh, became public after pictures posted on Twitter showed him and his wife Huda wearing the traditional white garments of Muslim pilgrims in front of the British consulate in Mecca.
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