Kristiane Backer, former MTV presenter, on her conversion to Islam

The Journey into Europe team met former MTV presenter Kristiane Backer, a convert to Islam and author of the book From MTV to Mecca: How Islam Inspired My Life. Backer was among the most popular television personalities in Europe in the 1990s and won several television awards in her native Germany. In 1995, she converted to Islam and is currently a television presenter, journalist, author and a prominent activist in the field of interfaith and intercultural dialogue.

 

 

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