The news just said that he was an islamic convert. It looks like is wife is islamic.
This may be one of the reason that Saudi's are actually demanding that their govt. oust an al qaeda group. Their will be some blowback on al qaedsa for killing a muslim.
While we are talking about this. It is important to point out that Bin Laden has pubicly released statements saying that he wants to overthrow the Saudi Royal family.
This should light a fire under the burkas and get them to go after terrorists in harder fashion.
He apparently was thinking of converting to Islam or had already done so, and his sister said that he kept sending her passages of the Koran and telling her that it showed how well women were treated under Islam. His wife is Thai; she may already have been a Muslim.
It isn't news that bin Laden wants the Saudi royal family ousted. They've been paying AlQueda protection money for years to keep terrorism out of their country and allow the Saudi royal family to rule. They thought that by paying extortion money to the terrorists, they'd be safe. But anybody with half a brain knows that you can't trust a terrorist, whether you pay him or not. They allowed themselves to be blackmailed all these years and now they are reaping what they have sowed. Because of this dragging of feet in combating the individuals who want them gone, the Saudis will now have to work twice as hard to get rid of the scum causing the problems. I have no sympathy for the Saudis. They're getting what their hand called for.