Several thousands of Muslims worldwide are congratulating Ambassador Simon Paul Collins for finding the true path in life by converting to Islam at a time when, Islamophobia is on the rise,
British Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Paul Collins has converted to Islam and completed the Hajj pilgrimage. He is the first, and the most senior British diplomat to have converted to Islam to this date.
His conversion to Islam was revealed when Saudi author Fauziyya Al Bakr tweeted a pictured of Mr.Collins and his Syrian wife Hudha performing Hajj. In reply Collins thanked Fauziyya and his wife Hudha retweeted it, and confirmed Collin’s conversion.
Ambassador Simon Paul Collins has confirmed in his twitter account that he converted to Islam just before marrying Hudha.
He has spent around 30 years in Islamic societies. He was former Ambassador to Syria, Iraq, Qatar and India. Collins and his wife has 5 children together.
The first person to congratulate Collins was, Princess Basma. The ambassador also thanked Basma for her support and kind words. The British Hajj delegation was quite surprised when they learned about his conversion. The head of the delegation Raashid Mugdaariya also congratulated him. Ambassador Collins is among the 19,000 British nationals who performed Hajj this year.
Ambassador has a long history of serving in the diplomatic field. He has been serving in the British Foreign office since 1978. He is fluent in Arabic.
When sun rises it definitely starts the day, when truth is found no one will deny that Allah is the only Lord and Islam is the only true religion.
More about Ambassador Collins from Wikipedia:
Collis was educated at King Edward VII School, Sheffield from 1967 until 1973 and at Christ's College, Cambridge.
He has held posts in Bahrain, Tunisia, India, Jordan, Dubai, and Basra. He was Consul General in Basra between 2004 and 2005. He was British Ambassador to Qatar 2005–07, and British Ambassador to Syria2007–2012. He left Syria in February 2012, after the British Government withdrew their staff there.[1] He was British Ambassador to Iraq from 2012 until September 2014.[1][2] He presented his credentials asBritish Ambassador to Saudi Arabia on 3 February 2015.[3]
Collis was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 2014 Birthday Honours for services to British interests in Iraq and Syria.[4]
In 2016, Collis became the first UK ambassador to perform the Islamic pilgrimage of Hajj after converting to Islam.
Several Muslims are congratulating Ambassador Collins for finding the true path in life by converting to Islam
