A Dutch Woman’s Journey to Islam And Her Support for Gaza
Speaking to Ayyam Allah program on Al Jazeera Arabic, she elaborated on her path to Islam and her charity works that include providing aid to children in the Gaza Strip.
Her interest in Islam began after she entered the University of Amsterdam in 1993.
She said she found friendship and tolerance in her interactions with Muslim students at the university.
Natalie began by studying the Quran, because that is what anyone who wants to know about Islam does.
She said that at university, they teach students how to have a critical approach and study and contemplate issues from different perspectives.
That is the way she studied the Quran and after that she started reading a book titled “This Is The Very Truth”.
The book was related to a conference held in the early 1990s in which a large number of scholars and scientists discussed how verses of the Quran related to modern sciences.
After reading that book and learning more about Islam, Natalie converted to the religion.
She then began charity works to help people, both Muslim and non-Muslim.
She said humanitarian activities are part of the religion as Islam attaches importance to humanity and to helping one another.
That is why Natalie and her husband founded a charity institute in the Netherlands.
They have also purchased an old church in Canada and converted it into a cultural center to promote the cultural and spiritual development of the youth.
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As for their activities in Gaza, she said they have provided aid to children and others in the Palestinian enclave and also in Lebanon.
They have sent food, clothing and heating devices to those regions, she said, adding that as long as the war continues there, they will not stop sending aid.
She added that they have also founded an educational center called “Ambassador of Paradise” for the children of Gaza but their main focus is providing food and clean water to children, many of whom have been suffering from malnutrition as a result of the Israeli regime’s genocidal war and blockade of the Palestinian enclave.
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By Elham Nazirzadeh
