The head of the CIA’s Counter-Terrorism Center, who has overseen the killing of thousands of Islamist militants, is a convert to Islam, The Washington Post reports.
He… married a Muslim woman he met abroad, prompting his conversion to Islam. Colleagues said he doesn’t shy away from mentioning his religion but is not demonstrably observant. There is no prayer rug in his office, officials said, although he is known to clutch a strand of prayer beads.
It’s good to be reminded that Muslim converts are more diverse than the examples of Yvonne Ridley and Lauren Booth might lead us to believe.
