Less than a year ago, the Danish citizen, Liz Kristensen, declared her entry into Islam, after a journey to search for a haven for faith, culminating in her participation in the Hajj this year, among millions of Muslims in the world of the convoys of the guests of Rahman.
In her conversation with “Al -Sharq Al -Awsat”, her words were mixed with tears, and she celebrates all aspects of belonging to Islam, including the scene of the pilgrims who arrived in different parts of the earth.
Liz is participating in the program of the guests of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, which hosts, this year, 2443 pilgrims and the needs of 100 countries around the world, each of them is his story that reflects the essence of his faith and its impact on its surroundings.
And among them is Liz, who keeps her own story, which prompted her to come from Denmark, cut about ten hours to Saudi Arabia, and joins the pilgrims to stand on the level of Arafat Al -Taher; To perform the Great Hajj Corner, claiming a faithful atmosphere that is overwhelmed by reverence and tranquility, and their antiques are divine care, and he was praying, praying to God to grant them pardon, forgiveness, mercy and emancipation from the fire.
Liz is trying to overcome her tears, speaking to the “Middle East”, and she says: “I only cry from my overwhelming happiness, as I have always searched for God since my childhood, and I grew up in a society in which many people were not thinking about God, or talking about it, but I was looking for him.”
Liz spent years of thinking and contemplation, throughout her faith journey, and during this, she was bold in criticizing what she believed is unlike logic, and she led her to meditate on nature to search for the essence of truth.
Liz says: “The power in the world has always been the victor, then I began to name this power, love, for love is the greatest power, and I was satisfied with this, then I moved to nature, and I am a person very fascinated by trees, so if I look at the trees, I say that there is something, there is a Creator; Because it is impossible, when I look at nature, this happens on its own. ”
While Liz is in her faith journey, her son declares converting to Islam, in February of last year, and this was an opportunity to talk about his step. “When I talked about it, I was crying, I knew, now, it’s the truth,” says Liz.
In Mecca, where about two million Muslim perform the Hajj pilgrimage this year, Liz participates, for the first time in her life, the performance of hermit, the faith that we have searched for, and the tranquility that wrapped the place.
She says, “It is my pleasure that I am here, and I enjoy talking to many sisters.”
On the pilgrimage, the blessing of contentment and tranquility that overwhelms the guests of Rahman, Liz says that it is the coronation of her long journey in the search for faith.
