RIYADH, Saudi Arabia
By ROBERT F. WORTH
Published: April 10, 2009
TWO years ago, Sheik Adil Kalbani dreamed that he had become an imam at the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Islam’s holiest city.
Waking up, he dismissed the dream as a temptation to vanity. Although he is known for his fine voice, Sheik Adil is black, and the son of a poor immigrant from the Persian Gulf. Leading prayers at the Grand Mosque is an extraordinary honor, usually reserved for pure-blooded Arabs from the Saudi heartland.
Read the full article here: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/11/world/middleeast/11saudi.html?_r=1
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