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'tricked'? I am pretty sure arabs dont want to be enslaved by a colonial power, just like we dont.Last time an Englishman dressed in Arabic clothes tricked Arabs into fighting Ottomans.![]()
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'tricked'? I am pretty sure arabs dont want to be enslaved by a colonial power, just like we dont.Last time an Englishman dressed in Arabic clothes tricked Arabs into fighting Ottomans.![]()
'tricked'? I am pretty sure arabs dont want to be enslaved by a colonial power, just like we dont.

even then.. nobody deserves to be ruled by others... they are certainly doing better than many countries with oil... look at Venezuela.. or nigeria.No ones wants to be enslaved some are just too divided or naive, some take pride in their flashy cars and palaces but don't realise that they actually produce nothing for world's economy.![]()
British Ambassador Simon Collis accepts Islam, performs Haj
WDWeb Desk
September 15, 2016
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British Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Simon Paul Collis performed Haj this year, confirming earlier reports that he had embraced Islam, Arab News reported.
Simon Collis was among the 19,000 British pilgrims performing the ritual this year. Saudi writer and academic Fawziah Al-Bakr (@fawziah1) posted pictures of him with his wife Huda Mujarkech, in which he was donning the ihram.
The ambassador tweeted in reply to the post thanking Al-Bakr via his Twitter handle (@HMASimonCollis). The ambassador’s wife (@HudaMCollis) retweeted Al-Bakr’s post.
“I have converted to Islam after being in Muslim societies for 30 years, and right before getting married to Huda,” Arab News quoted him as saying.
The photos went viral on Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp and Instagram, drawing congratulations from several prominent figures including Princess Basmah bint Saud and Rashid Mogradia, CEO of the Council of British Hajis.
Collis, a father of five children, has been British Ambassador to Saudi Arabia since January last year, when Sir John Jenkins retired from the diplomatic service. He is fluent in Arabic. He joined the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in 1978 and has served mainly in Arab countries.
He was first posted to Bahrain as second secretary (1981-1984). He also served as British Ambassador to Iraq (2012-2014), Syria (2007-2012) and Qatar (2005-2007). He was the British Consul-General in Dubai (2000-2004) and in Basra (2004-2005). He also served in New Delhi as first secretary from 1991 to 1994.
Photos via @fawziah1
