Ahmed Skjetne, 75, has worked as a priest in the Church of Sweden for 30 years, in almost 15 of these was active in Skillingaryd's pastorate, but three years ago he decided to convert to Islam and then changed the name Leif to Ahmed.

Ahmed Skjetne, who had been in contact with refugees for most of his life, had a refugee from Morocco living at his home for some time. He was a devout Muslim who inspired Ahmed to change religion, something that attracted a lot of attention in his pastorate in Skillingaryd. Congregation members went to his new homeland, Morocco, to try to get him to change his mind.

Became a documentary

Now Ahmed's journey from Christianity to Islam has become a documentary made by Tomas Blideman and Alex Bolevin. Among other things, they have been to Morocco and talked to friends and parishioners.

The film The Confession premieres on SVT 1 on Tuesday 8 September at 21.00

In the clip above, Ahmed Skjetne tells why he converted to Islam.

A longer interview can be seen in SVT Morgonstudion, scroll until 21.55