A former castle town flanked by Mt. Zao to the east and Mt. Gassan to the west, Yamagata is a city steeped in historical legacy, cultural tradition and rich natural beauty all year round. You could find history, culture and its liveliness whereever you go in Yamagata. These were my first impressions when I visited …
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 …
Tokyo, the most hitech-city on the face of the earth, features quite a few restaurants which claim to be serving ‘Halal dishes. And, some of them, actually, do serve these dishes to their Muslim customers as well as to the non-Muslim guests. However, unfortunately, most of them still offer alcohol and other pollutants to their …
Muslims studying in Japanese universities can find halal food in some of the campuses in the country. Our preliminary survey results about Japanese universities offering halal food services to their Muslim students seem to indicate, that many campuses have already started offering some type of halal foods to their Muslim students. The most important is …
Recently, I got an opportunity to attend a one-day Tarbiyyat Camp near Tokyo which was organised by an Islamic organisation which has strong roots in the country of their origin. Alhamdulillah, it was a nice, well-organised program and I enjoyed participating in it. People from far of place of the country came to attend the …