In Japan, a Muslim community’s ‘straightforward request’ to bury its dead stirs hostility
Misleading reports and social media attacks have sought to block plans for a Muslim cemetery in the town of Hiji in southern ...
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Japan home to a growing Muslim presence as it embraces change
“We Japanese were previously unfamiliar with Muslims,” said Hirofumi Okai, an associate professor of sociology at Kyoto Sangyo University who studies Islamic culture. “Now that they are our ...
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Being Muslim in Japan
Back in December 2018 I got a message from a viewer asking if I'd be interested in making a video about being a Muslim in Japan. I said yes, and after more than a year, here's what life is like ...
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Growing Muslim population in need of burial plots in Japan
OITA (Kyodo) -- With an increasing number of Muslims living in Japan, there has been a growing demand for burial plots to conform with their religious beliefs in a country where cremation is the norm.
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College cafeteria offers halal food for both Muslims and Japanese
as well as Japanese students eager to learn about Islamic culture through the cafeteria’s menu. “Not only students from Islamic states but curious Japanese students can enjoy the delicacies ...
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In Japan, a Muslim community’s ‘straightforward request’ to bury its dead stirs hostility
A wave of social media hostility is thwarting a simple request from a Muslim community in Japan: the right to bury their dead according to their faith. In September 2020, the Beppu Muslim ...
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Growing Muslim population in need of burial plots in Japan
With an increasing number of Muslims living in Japan, there has been a growing demand for burial plots to conform with their religious beliefs in a country where cremation is the norm. While some ...