Jan Slomp
Slomp studied theology and Islamology at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. He became a preacher in 1962 in Zijldijk. In 1964 he moved to Pakistan for thirteen years where he worked as an Islam expert for churches. In 1994 he received an honorary doctorate from the Protestant Theological University. He wrote books, gave lectures and wrote for national and international magazines, including writer articles for Dutch newspaper Trouw.