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Kristiane Backer is a former MTV German presenter.she embraced Islam and authored her book:"From MTV to Mecca".



‘Some are drawn to the sense of belonging and of community — values which have eroded in the West,’ says Haifaa Jawad, a senior lecturer at the University of Birmingham, who has studied the white conversion phenomenon.

‘Many people, from all walks of life, mourn the loss in today’s society of traditional respect for the elderly and for women, for example. These are values which are enshrined in the Koran, which Muslims have to live by,’ adds Brice.

It is values like these which drew Camilla Leyland, 32, a yoga teacher who lives in Cornwall, to Islam. A single mother to daughter, Inaya, two, she converted in her mid-20s for ‘intellectual and feminist reasons’.

She explains: ‘I know people will be surprised to hear the words ­“feminism” and “Islam” in the same breath, but in fact, the teachings of the Koran give equality to women, and at the time the religion was born, the teachings went against the grain of a misogynistic society.


Ex-MTV Presenter Kristiane Backer with Mick Jagger in the late Eighties

the book "FROM MTV TO MECCA" can be purchased from Kristiane Backer's official website:

http://www.kristianebacker.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6&Itemid=5&lang=en



Kristiane Backer is a TV presenter and journalist based in London with a pan-European career. She currently presents a monthly travel show for Travel Channel in Germany and “Matters of Faith” for Ebru TV a program that deals with different aspects of faith and culture. She also hosts galas, conferences and corporate events around Europe.

In 2009 Kristiane published her acclaimed autobiography “From MTV to Mecca” in Germany. The book is currently being translated into Dutch, Turkish, Arabic and English. Kristiane is engaged in interfaith and intercultural dialogue and is a Global Ambassador for the Exploring Islam Foundation. She was recently honoured by the Arab Republic of Egypt with the Presidential medal of the Sciences and the Arts for her efforts in promoting understanding for Islam in the West.

At the age of 24 Kristiane became one of the leading presenters on MTV Europe where she interviewed many major artists and musicians of her time. She created her own youth show in Germany and presented a daily guide to culture and entertainment, “The Ticket NBC” on NBC Europe. Kristiane won several awards for her TV work. She later studied natural medicine, qualified as a homeopath and presented a health program on RTL. In 2007 she presented and produced the interfaith program “Nexus” for Press TV as well as the weekly news analyses program “WWW”.

http://www.kristianebacker.com/index.php