Japan Muslims Peace Federation (JMPF) held the 3rd annual seminar at The University of Tokyo on Oct 10, 2010 about the Prophet of Islam Hazrat Muhammad (PUBH) as a role model to the world. Following is a brief introduction of the guest speakers who elaborated on the life of the Prophet (PBUH) as a role …
The history of Islam in Japan started around 120 years ago when a large group of Turkish Muslims made a largely failed attempt to visit the country to salute the nation for an earlier visit by the Prince Akihito of that time. According to some statistics, the number of Muslims living in Japan whether they …
The recent earthquake, Tsunami and nuclear disaster in Japan prompted relief organizations, Japanese and international governments to start extensive relief efforts to help the affected. The Muslims, as a community in Japan were no exception to that. They contributed immensely to the relief efforts and till today, they have been helping the affected communities in …
On December 31, 2011, Otsuka Masjid in Tokyo held an all-Japan Quran competition where 80 children from different parts of Japan recited the Quran. The Chief Guest, distributed the prizes to the winners. The event, dubbed as Annual Qira’at-ul Qur’an cCmpetition and sponsored by Otsuka Masjid administration and others, has been nearly 12 years in the …
As the new calendar year has already unfolded, we have decided to make some important changes in the website. We are not yet sure what the final outcome of the site will be some time down the road. However, we want to reiterate our stance that this website was, in principle, originally created to spread …
