Als Quote by Kristiane Backer

“the essence of the Hajj is Arafat. On the ninth day of the Hajj month all pilgrims gather on the great Plain of Arafat…

— Kristiane Backer

“Boys will always be boys,’ he said. ‘The relationship obviously wasn’t meant to be.’ He told me I should trust that the break-up was…

— Kristiane Backer

“You’ve been tested.’ He advised me to try and ‘forgive and pardon, and this way seek to become beloved by God’ without my forgiveness…

— Kristiane Backer

Living a lie - pretending everything is fine when we are actually discontented - is hard work and, in the long run, even bad…

— Kristiane Backer

“God was inviting me to go on Hajj, but before that I needed to settle my debts. Muslims may only embark on their pilgrimage…

— Kristiane Backer

“Religion is also a process of healing, I discovered – a healing of the soul. Even our language points to this relation. The words…

— Kristiane Backer

“everything that is in the world, there is a correspondence on every level of existence. The macrocosm is a reflection of the microcosm, and…

— Kristiane Backer

“It was clear to me by now that studying Islam was one thing – and absolutely worthwhile, because it helped me grasp the meaning…

— Kristiane Backer

“The words of the Quran all seemed strangely familiar yet so unlike anything I had ever read before,’ he told us. He embraced Islam…

— Kristiane Backer

“Purify your intentions, your inner being, your heart and be sincere in your actions,’ he wrote. ‘God looks into your heart, not at your…

— Kristiane Backer

“You have returned from the lesser jihad to the greater jihad (jihad alakbar).” His followers asked him what that greater jihad was. “The struggle…

— Kristiane Backer

“Of course I’d like to marry a practising Muslim, someone I can share my life and also my religion with, but I just haven’t…

— Kristiane Backer