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Today I enjoyed my first Saturday in Leeuwarden, going to museum, cycling around the city, taking photographs here and there. I was looking for a better angle when this lady passed before me, rushed on her bike with a box of grocery tied to the back seat, a true Dutch style indeed. Then all of a sudden, she shouted at me.

Jesus is met jouw.
Jesus is with you.

Unfortunately, I have to admit that after almost two years in Netherlands, my Dutch hasn't improved much. Therefore I needed some times to figure out what she was actually said. And by the time I did, she was already gone. Anyhow, I was amused.

If she meant Jesus as, umm... Jesus, then I thank her. In Islam, Jesus was a messenger of God, even one of the greatest prophets. If Jesus was with me then I followed the path of a very noble man.

If she meant Jesus as God, then I thank her. I reckon she prayed for me, although we didn't share the same belief.

Of course, she was probably just horrified seeing me in sort of the red light district of the city. Although it was five in the afternoon on a long spring day and all I wanted to do was taking this photograph. It's not even that special, it's just remind me of Tom's Diner. I like R.E.M.'s performance of that song. That's right, R.E.M., the one who sings Losing My Religion.

Anyway, it was such a nice gesture.

Dank u wel, Mevrouw.

Lakum diinukum waliyadiin.
To you be your way, and to me mine.
(Al Quran Surah Al Kafirun 109:6)