The grandmother of US President Barack Obama who was on pilgrimage to Mecca has said that she prayed for the American leader to convert to Islam, a newspaper revealed on Thursday.
“I prayed for my grandson Barack to convert to Islam,” said Sarah Omar Obama, 88, in an interview with Al-Watan Saudi daily held in Jeddah after she had performed Hajj.
The paper said that Mama Sarah was in Saudi Arabia on pilgrimage along with her son, Obama’s uncle Saeed Hussein Obama, and four of her grandchildren....