It is a common knowledge in Japan that most of the Muslim kids whose father or mother was born in a foreign country, are not so much attracted to the religion of their parents, Islam, and, thus do not visit local mosques to get advice on religious affairs and other social issues. Rather, they feel …
This is the image of Iftar in Tokyo Masjid or Turkish Mosque whatever you would like to call it. It was taken by someone for japantoday.com website. This shows people taking their iftar yesterday (June 29). An interesting phenomenon about the iftar dinners in Tokyo Masjid is that even, many non-Muslim Japanese also join for …
This morning, I got a chance to watch the beautiful naat for our beloved Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) written and recited by our friend Mr. Syed Kamal Rizvi, a long time resident in Tokyo. Please listen to the beautiful words he says about the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh). Indeed, we need to spread the …
Due to the increasing demand by the valuable Muslim visitors of JapaneseMuslims.com and other related websites, we have launched a brand-new Muslims’ Hotline service. The hotline provides information to new Muslims in Japan and elsewhere about basic information about the country, availabliity of halal food stores, restaurants in various parts of the country. You could …
Is a cheese cake halal in Japan? That is the question I asked myself earlier today while getting few cheese cakes at the end of an auto auction where I went to buy a car for myself. However, unfortunately, not many of my Muslim friends bothered to think about this while getting the same cheese …