Eidul Adha, the festival of sacrifice, is on Friday, Zul Hajj 10, 1433 or October 26, 2012 Inshallah. On behalf of the staff at JapaneseMuslims.Com, we wish a very special Eid Mubarak to all the Muslims living in Japan and abroad. The Astronomical New Moon is on October 15, 2012 (Monday) at 12:02 UT. October …
Tokyo Masjid and Yuai International School in Tokyo jointly held their annual `charity bazaar`on Sunday, December 2, 2012. The event turned out as a display of rich cultural blend of the Muslim communities living in the Tokyo Metropolitan area. The event was held in collaboration with various Muslim organizations and mosques from Tokyo and surrounding …
A growing number of attendees in Japanese mosques were either born in Japan or never got a chance to study either Arabic or Urdu, the two main languages being used in most of the mosques in the country. With all the different Muslim ethnic groups in Japan from all over the world, both English and …
The other day, I just bumped into a wonderful presentation on performing Hajj rituals while browsing through the Internet. It is such a wonderful and comprehensive presentation covering almost every single aspect of how to perform Hajj and all its rituals as prescribed by the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). The PowerPoint presentation was originally uploaded on …
Muslims have a tremendous responsibility in Japan where Islam is not the dominant religion. Although, ordinary Japanese people have been exposed to Islam and Muslims for quite some time now, it was not until the late seventies and eighties in the 20th century, when, in the wake of economic bubble in the country, Muslims from …