The Japanese government regularly welcomes political leaders from Islamic and Arabic states. In July 2014, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe welcomed the Islamic Diplomatic Corps to Japan .
PM Abe : “I have found that a fundamental aspect of the spirit of Islam is harmony with and love for others .I believe therein lie points of commonality with the Japanese spirit, which is founded on co-existence….”
Islamic and Arabic studies are not restricted in Japan .
The Arabic Islamic Institute in Tokyo features an extensive offering of such courses, and it regularly features political and academic leaders from various Islamic and Arabic states .
Rumor that Muslims cannot become Japanese citizens is also false : “Because there is no place on the written online application for one’s religion, the Ministry of Justice can’t publish statistics showing the religions (or races) of naturalization candidates; they can only publish sex and former nationality statistics .However, looking at the nationality statistics, we can find hundreds of examples of people from Islamic states (ex. Indonesia, Iran and Pakistan) as well as people from nation-states where the official state religion is Islam (ex. Egypt) and greater than 90 percent of the population is Muslim. Doing a quick web search, I can find Japanese immigration lawyers who specialize in people from Indonesia and brag of a 100 percent success rate.”
Japan requires special visas for visitors, workers and students who are not from one of 66 countries that Japan has a “general visa exemption arrangement” with, according to an official website. But there are no official travel restrictions on Muslims, or practitioners of any other faith.
It’s also untrue that Japan does not allow Arabic or Islamic schools in the country. The International Islamia School Otsuka in Tokyo is just one example.
Additionally, the Japanese government funded construction of a number of madrasas that were completed in Afghanistan in December 2012 .
There are also no restrictions on Japanese women marrying Muslim men . The niece of my best Japanese friend married a Pakistani some 15 years ago and they still live in Japan and thrive . He exports used Japanese cars .
Rumor that a Japanese woman would be “considered an outcast forever” by her family for marrying a Muslim man — like many other dubious allegations — is a generalization that is impossible to prove or disprove.
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I saw a reference to “Japan’s largest mosque” on the news in relation to the executed captives by ISIS