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Islamic missionary in Japan

Japan, the land of the rising sun opens its Arms for Islam

Dr. Salih M. Samarrai
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"The willingness to Islam in this country is far greater than in most other countries of the world", "Muslim countries should invest more in Da'wa (Islamic Missionary) "were the words of Dr. Saleh M. iraqischstämmigen Samarrai, President of the Islamic Center in Japan to Islamonline.net at a meeting of the World Assembly of Muslim Youth "(missionary organization based in Saudi Arabia) in the port city of Jeddah in Saudi Arabia.

The reasons for this willingness Dr. Samarrai said: "Most Japanese are not linked to any heavenly religion. Da'wa is to operate in Japan, compared to other Western countries, very simple. Alone to get an entry visa is easy. " And he adds: "Each year hundreds of Japanese convert to Islam, we could do more if we had enough money and preachers."

The main obstacle to the Islamic Da'wa in Japan is the very high standard of living. For example, Japanese Muslim with great difficulty a few sites in different parts of the country for a mosque bought, but it lacks the necessary money for the construction work. But the construction of a 500 m² large Islamic school near the mosque Tokyo has cost $ 5,000,000. Then there is the language problem, because many of the Muslims in Japan do not speak the Japanese language. "It is very difficult to find a preacher who is powerful for the Japanese. Therefore we are forced to hire local preacher, which costs us $ 6,000 per month preacher. It's too expensive compared to a preacher in China. Gets only $ 300 a month. He added: "The great Islamic countries like Egypt or Saudi Arabia should the mosques finance in Japan and in general support the Da'wa in Southeast Asia more.


According to Dr. Samarrai, who was in many Asian countries the way, Islam has not only Japan has a promising future. Even in South Korea there is a large potential. Islam could be spread all over China would be the problems in East Turkestan (Xinjiang) and make the Muslims there, get their rights.

over the activities of the Islamic Center in Japan Samarrai said that the da'wa of the Muslim community and the non-Muslim population of Japan was the main task. The Islamic Center in Tokyo has issued 50 to now has books on Islam in Japanese. He also said that the Japanese media by the Islamic Center monitored for possible Islamic insults, misunderstandings about Islam and its teachings clarified and boycott campaigns are waged against companies that sell in any way offensive to Islam products.


Source: translation of an article on Islamonline.net