Britain: Grandmother 'weds bin Laden's son in Egypt and Saudi Arabia' Osama bin Laden - one of the world's most wanted men with a US bounty of 25 million dollars on his head - has reportedly become the father-in-law of a 51-year-old British grandmother and former parish councillor.
Moulton, 11 July(AKI) - A 51-year-old grandmother, Jane Felix-Browne, has announced she has married al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden's 27-year-old son Omar in Egypt. Now he is applying for a visa to come and spend time with her in Britain - although he has a wife and toddler in Saudi Arabia, British press reported on Wednesday. "I hope people don't judge me too harshly. I married the son, not the father," she told the Times newspaper. "He is the most beautiful person I have ever met. His heart is pure, he is pious, quiet, a true gentleman, and he is my best friend," she added. Felix-Browne, who has been married five times before, has three sons and five grandchildren. She recently resigned as a parish councillor in the northern English town of Moulton. Omar would like to spend quite a bit of time in Britain, she said. "There is no reason why he should not come to live, but I don't think he would like the weather." The pair were married in Islamic ceremonies in Egypt and in Saudi Arabia, and are awaiting permission from the authorities in Riyadh to make their marriage official, according to the Times. Felix-Browne met Osama in Egypt, while she was undergoing treatment for multiple sclerosis. He works a s a scrap-metal dealer in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, which he left as a child when his father was expelled for his extremist beliefs. She said he lived in exile in Sudan and Afghanistan. Omar left Afghanistan before al-Qaeda's deadly 11 September 2001 attacks on US cities, and has had no contact with him since according to Felix-Browne. Some reports claim however that Omar - bin Laden's fourth eldest son - split from his father only after 9/11 when they disagreed over tactics. "I never had any problem with his past. Omar did not do anything wrong," she told the Times. But she admitted her husband finds it very difficult to travel anywhere, because of his name, and rarely leaves Saudi Arabia, where he is under constant surveillance by the Saudi authorities. Felix-Browne, who said she would not be taking her husband's name, uses the Muslim name Zaina Mohammed. They speak daily over the Internet or by phone. She said she was aware Omar was married and has had an hour-long phone conversation with his wife in Saudi Arabia. Felix-Browne told the Times the couple hoped to help mend the rift between some Muslims and West caused by her father-in-law. "All we want is peace in this world and I will do all I can to promote it." http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Religion/?id=1.0.1097017959 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
