The East Asian countries for long have been beyond the region where Islam was a relevant factor, and the demography has been largely unfamiliar with the socio-cultural construct of Islam. However, as the population of followers of Islam has been on a rise, with recent statistics suggesting that the population of adherents of Islam has doubled in a decade, the Japanese people, prefectural representatives, and provincial governments are worried sick. The worry has been exacerbated by the increasing demands and as they are at odds with the local practices, the natives feel threatened.
Read More: With Biden’s victory, Macron seeks support from India’s PM Modi for his war against radical Islam
The ranks of worshipers have grown in recent years, as the government has sought to attract more foreign workers and students. The number of Muslims living in Japan, though small, has more than doubled in the past decade, from 110,000 in 2010 to 230,000 at the end of 2019 (including as many as 50,000 Japanese converts), according to Tanada Hirofumi of Waseda University. And as the number of followers has increased, it has also led to a sudden increase in the number of Islamic institutions including Mosques. In 2014 there were 80 mosques, jumping to 105 by the end of 2018 and now the country holds more than 110 mosques.
Japan is already in a vulnerable demographic position and these even comparatively small changes tend to be seen critically. And the rise of the followers of Islam, which stands at 200,000, including 50,000 converts, the natives and followers of native traditions and religions have become worried. This has been exacerbated by the fact that the new faith is very different in practice from the native and early entrants. For example, be it Buddhism or Shintoism, around 99% of the Japanese practice cremation, where burial remains largely a foreign and not so welcoming concept. And with the growing Muslim community asking for land to bury its own, given the religion forbids cremation, has been a point of contention.
Another issue which the Nihon-jin have been worried about is the proliferation of a number of mosques, which can be attributed to many things, one of which is the increase in the number of students coming from the Muslim majority countries and as there has been a marked uptick in moves among students from Muslim-majority countries at regional universities, especially those in prefectural capitals, to start new mosques.
However, in many areas, local people and their societies have given resistance to the process of building new mosques. These people have their own reasons and if we take the example of Tokyo Camii in the capital’s Shibuya Ward, which sees 700 to 800 people arrive at its doors for Friday prayers, it makes sense. With the sudden congregation of so many people, the streets get packed and this leads to an hours-long traffic problem. Not only this, some people who cannot enter the packed building, instead of going back roll out a sheet or prayer mat in front of it and pay no heed to the grievances of the locals.
Whatever the situation may be, one thing is for sure that the people in Japan have been isolated from the influence of Islam and the country at large has been going through demographic problems.
This is a recycled paper yet it brings me to a new perspective
I mean is Japan actually helping the Uighurs for its selfish motive
I mean if Muslims are free and welcomed in China there would be less of them cramped up in a single island
All I know is Japan gives a positive vibe in the Muslim world and they have a respectable rank
Who cares what muslims think? Pisslam is a bane to any half decent society.
WHAT THIS HAS TO DO WITH UIGHURS?
CHINESE COMMIT UIGHUR GENOCIDE AND JAPAN YET DID NOT CONDEMN THESE ATROCITIES
Every country in EU fell for the Islam trap. ” i feel so lonely and i wish my family was here And a place where i can worship my pagan god Allah. Pleace let me build a moské”.
If you read the Qur’an its just war. If you oppose islam or confront them personally, the muslim person have to call Jihad. In other words kill you/war. In the Qur’an you can even read of conquest land, take over and convert others to Islam. Qur’an mention a lot the ” sacrifice by allah”. Wish is beheadings….
Look in france what happen there, Sweden, Spain, UK etc. Islam is war…not peace.
Even those i talk with who are islamist/muslim they even say so. Only conflict and death.
Peter is right. Islam is unceasing war. The quran says a muslim who dies and meets Allah unscarred (by choosing not to wage war) will be judged poorly.
Any sane society would totally ban Islam and destroy every Mosque. A half sane society would put severe rules and monitoring on any muslim institution.
Only insane societies like the west tolerate this plague and will pay the price for it eventually.
yall are just haters ,classic islamophobia.
hate only built upon some shit they hear there and a little bit there- no proper research at all, it is all over the place.
It is better to stay quiet than to be ignorant.
Peter didnt even lay his eyes on the Quran , he wants to act all smart while he doesn’t know the basics, he thinks that Quran is just talking about wars, teaching us to be VIOLENT. Go and educate yourself ! the word war in Quran is only shown 6 times in whole Quran and only in a sense of those who wage war against islam and Allah.
this is what Quran is all about people.
1. Do not be rude in speech (3:159)
2. Restrain Anger (3:134)
3. Be good to others (4:36)
4. Do not be arrogant (7:13)
5. Forgive others for their mistakes (7:199)
6. Speak to people mildly (20:44)
7. Lower your voice (31:19)
8. Do not ridicule others (49:11)
9. Be dutiful to parents(17:23)
10. Do not say a word of disrespect to parents (17:23)
11. Do not enter parents’ private room without asking permission (24:58)
12. Write down the debt (2:282)
13. Do not follow anyone blindly (2:170)
14. Grant more time to repay if the debtor is in hard time (2:280)
15. Don’t consume interest (2:275)
16. Do not engage in bribery (2:188)
17. Do not break the promise (2:177)
18. Keep the trust (2:283)
19. Do not mix the truth with falsehood (2:42)
20. Judge with justice between people (4:58)
21. Stand out firmly for justice (4:135)
22. Wealth of the dead should be distributed among his family members (4:7)
23. Women also have the right for inheritance (4:7)
24. Do not devour the property of orphans (4:10)
25. Protect orphans (2:220)
26. Do not consume one another’s wealth unjustly (4:29)
27. Try for settlement between people (49:9)
28. Avoid suspicion (49:12)
29. Do not spy and backbite (2:283)
30. Do not spy or backbite (49:12)
31. Spend wealth in charity (57:7)
32. Encourage feeding poor (107:3)
33. Help those in need
by finding them (2:273)
34. Do not spend money extravagantly (17:29)
35. Do not invalidate charity with reminders (2:264)
36. Honor guests (51:26)
37. Order righteousness to people only after practicing it yourself(2:44)
38. Do not commit abuse on the earth (2:60)
39. Do not prevent people from mosques (2:114)
40. Fight only with those who fight you (2:190)
41. Keep the etiquettes of war (2:191)
42. Do not turn back in battle (8:15)
43. No compulsion in religion (2:256)
44. Believe in all prophets (2:285)
45. Do not have sexual intercourse during menstrual period (2:222)
46. Breast feed your children for two complete years (2:233)
47. Do not even approach unlawful sexual intercourse (17:32)
48. Choose rulers by their merit (2:247)
49. Do not burden a person beyond his scope (2:286)
50. Do not become divided (3:103)
51. Think deeply about the wonders and creation of this universe (3:191)
52. Men and Women have equal rewards for their deeds (3:195)
53. Do not marry those in your blood relation (4:23)
54. Family should be led by men (4:34)
55. Do not be miserly (4:37)
56.Do not keep envy (4:54)
57. Do not kill each other (4:92)
58. Do not be an advocate for deceit (4:105)
59. Do not cooperate in sin and aggression (5:2)
60. Cooperate in righteousness (5:2)
61. ’Having majority’ is not a criterion of truth (6:116)
62. Be just (5:8)
63. Punish for crimes in an exemplary way (5:38)
64. Strive against sinful and unlawful acts (5:63)
65. Dead animals, blood, the flesh of swine are prohibited (5:3)
66. Avoid intoxicants and alcohol (5:90)
67. Do not gamble (5:90)
68. Do not insult others’ deities (6:108)
69. Don’t reduce weight or measure to cheat people (6:152)
70. Eat and Drink, But Be Not Excessive (7:31)
71. Wear good cloths during prayer times (7:31)
72. protect and help those who seek protection (9:6)
73. Keep Purity (9:108)
74. Never give up hope of Allah’s Mercy (12:87)
75. Allah will forgive those who have done wrong out of ignorance (16:119)
76. Invitation to God should be with wisdom and good instruction (16:125)
77. No one will bear others’ sins (17:15)
78. Do not kill your children for fear of poverty (17:31)
79. Do not pursue that of which you have no knowledge (17:36)
80. Keep aloof from what is vain (23:3)
81. Do not enter others’ houses without seeking permission (24:27)
82. Allah will provide security for those who believe only in Allah (24:55)
83. Walk on earth in humility (25:63)
84. Do not neglect your portion of this world (28:77)
85. Invoke not any other god along with Allah (28:88)
86. Do not engage in homosexuality (29:29)
87. Enjoin right, forbid wrong (31:17)
88. Do not walk in insolence through the earth (31:18)
89. Women should not display their finery (33:33)
90. Allah forgives all sins (39:53)
91. Do not despair of the mercy of Allah (39:53)
92. Repel evil by good (41:34)
93. Decide on affairs by consultation (42:38)
94. Most noble of you is the most righteous (49:13)
95. No Monasticism in religion (57:27)
96. Those who have knowledge will be given a higher degree by Allah (58:11)
97. Treat non-Muslims in a kind and fair manner (60:8)
98. Save yourself from covetousness (64:16)
99. Seek forgiveness of Allah. He is Forgiving and Merciful (73:20)
100. Do not repel one who asks (93:10)