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Can Japan show the West how to live peacefully with Islam?

Of course our selection criteria will be very helpful in filtering out those who have a history of criminal background, and since immigrants will be selected based on their educational and technical expertise, the less likely they will be more inclined to take up jihad in Japan. Come on man, this is basic multivariate analysis...!

We have already agreed that education level does not have a bearing on the frequency of terrorism. I am not an expert in statistics, so I would like to see how multivariate analysis reverses that conclusion.
 
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You seem intent on goading me into an argument, but I'll not take the bait. Instead, I will thank you for agreeing with me, that several factors cause terrorism, but those factors do not include poverty and low levels of education.

You're trying to put forward a case. And I'm going to refute it. Which is why you're ignoring my posts, bigot.

We have already agreed that education level does not have a bearing on the frequency of terrorism. I am not an expert in statistics, so I would like to see how multivariate analysis reverses that conclusion.

What's 'terrorism'?
 
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You're trying to put forward a case. And I'm going to refute it. Which is why you're ignoring my posts, bigot.

What case have I put forward that you are trying to refute? Seriously, I have no idea what you're talking about.
 
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Very interesting read. Not that I would not agree with most of the points the author makes. I am, for one, in favor of protecting the nation (Japan, China included) against unskilled immigration and a total bastardization of indigenous culture. Immigration should be done incrementally, and infrastructure and regulations must be ready to assimilate the new comers into the culture and language of the new land. This policy should be effective toward both Western and non-Western nations. @Nihonjin1051

Japan: The Land Without Muslims | The Muslim Issue

The Japanese do not feel the need to apologize to Muslims for the negative way in which they relate to Islam.

By: Dr. Mordechai Kedar

Japanese Muslim

There are countries in the world, mainly in Europe, that are presently undergoing significant cultural transformations as a result of Muslim immigration. France, Germany, Belgium and Holland are interesting examples of cases where immigration from Muslim countries, together with the Muslims’ high fertility rate, effects every area of life.

It is interesting to know that there is a country in the world whose official and public approach to the Muslim matter is totally different. This country is Japan. This country keeps a very low profile on all levels regarding the Muslim matter: On the diplomatic level, senior political figures from Islamic countries almost never visit Japan, and Japanese leaders rarely visit Muslim countries. The relations with Muslim countries are based on concerns such as oil and gas, which Japan imports from some Muslim countries. The official policy of Japan is not to give citizenship to Muslims who come to Japan, and even permits for permanent residency are given sparingly to Muslims.

Japan forbids exhorting people to adopt the religion of Islam (Dawah), and any Muslim who actively encourages conversion to Islam is seen as proselytizing to a foreign and undesirable culture. Few academic institutions teach the Arabic language. It is very difficult to import books of the Qur’an to Japan, and Muslims who come to Japan, are usually employees of foreign companies. In Japan there are very few mosques. The official policy of the Japanese authorities is to make every effort not to allow entry to Muslims, even if they are physicians, engineers and managers sent by foreign companies that are active in the region. Japanese society expects Muslim men to pray at home.

Japanese companies seeking foreign workers specifically note that they are not interested in Muslim workers. And any Muslim who does manage to enter Japan will find it very difficult to rent an apartment. Anywhere a Muslim lives, the neighbors become uneasy. Japan forbids the establishment of Islamic organizations, so setting up Islamic institutions such as mosques and schools is almost impossible. In Tokyo there is only one imam.

In contrast with what is happening in Europe, very few Japanese are drawn to Islam. If a Japanese woman marries a Muslim, she will be considered an outcast by her social and familial environment. There is no application of Shari’a law in Japan. There is some food in Japan that is halal, kosher according to Islamic law, but it is not easy to find it in the supermarket.

The Japanese approach to Muslims is also evidenced by the numbers: in Japan there are 127 million residents, but only ten thousand Muslims, less than one hundredth of a percent. The number of Japanese who have converted is thought to be few. In Japan there are a few tens of thousands of foreign workers who are Muslim, mainly from Pakistan, who have managed to enter Japan as workers with construction companies. However, because of the negative attitude towards Islam they keep a low profile.

There are several reasons for this situation:

First, the Japanese tend to lump all Muslims together as fundamentalists who are unwilling to give up their traditional point of view and adopt modern ways of thinking and behavior. In Japan, Islam is perceived as a strange religion, that any intelligent person should avoid.

Second, most Japanese have no religion, but behaviors connected with the Shinto religion along with elements of Buddhism are integrated into national customs . In Japan, religion is connected to the nationalist concept, and prejudices exist towards foreigners whether they are Chinese, Korean, Malaysian or Indonesian, and Westerners don’t escape this phenomenon either. There are those who call this a “developed sense of nationalism” and there are those who call this “racism”. It seems that neither of these is wrong.

And Third, the Japanese dismiss the concept of monotheism and faith in an abstract god, because their world concept is apparently connected to the material, not to faith and emotions. It seems that they group Judaism together with Islam. Christianity exists in Japan and is not regarded negatively, apparently because the image of Jesus perceived in Japan is like the images of Buddha and Shinto.

The most interesting thing in Japan’s approach to Islam is the fact that the Japanese do not feel the need to apologize to Muslims for the negative way in which they relate to Islam. They make a clear distinction between their economic interest in resources of oil and gas from Muslim countries, which behooves Japan to maintain good relations with these countries on the one hand, and on the other hand, the Japanese nationalist viewpoints, which see Islam as something that is suitable for others, not for Japan, and therefore the Muslims must remain outside.

Because the Japanese have a gentle temperament, and project serenity and tranquility toward foreigners, foreigners tend to relate to the Japanese with politeness and respect. A Japanese diplomat would never raise his voice or speak rudely in the presence of foreigners, therefore foreigners relate to the Japanese with respect, despite their racism and discrimination against Muslims in the matter of immigration. A Japanese official who is presented with an embarrassing question regarding the way the Japanese relate to Muslims, will usually refrain from answering, because he knows that a truthful answer would arouse anger, and he is both unable and unwilling to give an answer that is not true. He will smile but not answer, and if pressed, he will ask for time so that his superiors can answer, while he knows that this answer will never come.

Japan manages to remain a country almost without a Muslim presence because Japan’s negative attitude toward Islam and Muslims pervades every level of the population, from the man in the street to organizations and companies to senior officialdom. In Japan, contrary to the situation in other countries, there are no “human rights” organizations to offer support to Muslims’ claims against the government’s position. In Japan no one illegally smuggles Muslims into the country to earn a few yen, and almost no one gives them the legal support they would need in order to get permits for temporary or permanent residency or citizenship.

Another thing that helps the Japanese keep Muslim immigration to their shores to a minimum is the Japanese attitude toward the employee and employment. Migrant workers are perceived negatively in Japan, because they take the place of Japanese workers. A Japanese employer feels obligated to employ Japanese workers even if it costs much more than it would to employ foreign workers. The traditional connection between an employee and employer in Japan is much stronger than in the West, and the employer and employee feel a mutual commitment to each other: an employer feels obligated to give his employee a livelihood, and the employee feels obligated to give the employer the fruit of his labor. This situation does not encourage the acceptance of foreign workers, whose commitment to the employers is low.

The fact that the public and the officials are united in their attitude against Muslim immigration has created a sort of iron wall around Japan that Muslims lack both the permission and the capability to overcome. This iron wall silences the world’s criticism of Japan in this matter, because the world understands that there is no point in criticizing the Japanese, since criticism will not convince them to open the gates of Japan to Muslim immigration.

Japan is teaching the whole world an interesting lesson: there is a direct correlation between national heritage and permission to immigrate: a people that has a solid and clear national heritage and identity will not allow the unemployed of the world to enter its country; and a people whose cultural heritage and national identity is weak and fragile, has no defense mechanisms to prevent a foreign culture from penetrating into its country and its land.

Originally published at Middle East and Terrorism under the title, A Country without Muslims. Translated into English by Sally Zahav.

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About the Author: Dr. Mordechai Kedar (Ph.D. Bar-Ilan U.) Served for 25 years in IDF Military Intelligence specializing in Arab political discourse, Arab mass media, Islamic groups and the Syrian domestic arena. A lecturer in Arabic at Bar-Ilan U., he is also an expert on Israeli Arabs.

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VIDEO: Check this deeply embarrassing Muslim outburst at a Japanese airport security check-in. The Muslim (of course) is yelling at the Japanese officials for doing a security check on his wife who they apparently are not allowed to touch. The poor mild-mannered Japanese stare wide-eyed at the sheer and shameful lunacy of his behavior. They would probably commit harakiri before they could ever have the shame of behaving this way.

Background: This Pakistani Muslim and family illegally entered Japan, claiming refugee status saying their life had been threatened by the Taliban. But his application was denied by Japanese officials. So he concocted a story about how his daughter was sick and needed medical help. While the Japanese were reviewing his application again, he grew impatient and barged into the immigration office, demanding a decision immediately, or else he and his family were going to commit suicide right there. He was quickly deported.

[Thank you top Oil Barron at CDF for the post]
 
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That is fine, but can the Muslims live peacefully with Japan?

Anyone else remembers the "This is Muslim Punch, Muslim Punch you die" video from Japanese airport?
 
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What case have I put forward that you are trying to refute? Seriously, I have no idea what you're talking about.

Everything you've been implying on this thread. You make yourself appear as an expert on something you haven't defined to us yet.

So I want you to educate us even further, give me your expertise on this culture and ideology:

"The Qibya massacre, also known as the Qibya incident, was a reprisal operation that occurred in October 1953 when Israeli troops under Ariel Sharon attacked the village of Qibya in the West Bank. At least sixty-nine Palestinian Arab villagers,[1] two-thirds of them women and children,[2] were killed. Forty-five houses, a school, and a mosque were destroyed."
 
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Everything you've been implying on this thread. You make yourself appear as an expert on something you haven't defined to us yet.

So I want you to educate us even further, give me your expertise on this culture and ideology:

The Qibya massacre, also known as the Qibya incident, was a reprisal operation that occurred in October 1953 when Israeli troops under Ariel Sharon attacked the village of Qibya in the West Bank. At least sixty-nine Palestinian Arab villagers,[1] two-thirds of them women and children,[2] were killed. Forty-five houses, a school, and a mosque were destroyed

What have I been implying in this thread? Can you please define that for me before we proceed?
 
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That is fine, but can the Muslims live peacefully with Japan?

Anyone else remembers the "This is Muslim Punch, Muslim Punch you die" video from Japanese airport?

Japanese people are Japanese. Muslims aren't a single race. Don't ask stupid questions.
 
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What have I been implying in this thread? Can you please define that for me before we proceed?

What you've been implying is here for us to see. I don't need to baby you around. Now let's move on. You first need to define 'terrorism' for me.

So I can understand why you bring up 'terrorism' in a thread about a minority in a Japan.

But what about Islamic Ummah, Muslims are all bothers, one God one race.

Muslim at Japan Airport threatening airport staff for physically searching her wife

Quit being stupid.
 
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That is fine, but can the Muslims live peacefully with Japan?

Of course they can, just as how most Hindus , Sikhs live in peace in Japan. We also have a thriving Hindu and Sikh population in Japan vis-a-vis the immigration of Indians into Japan that started in 1947. Now, should we negate the Hindu and Sikh relationship with Japanese simply based on the fact that they dont number in the millions? Come on, buddy. :lol:
 
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@LeveragedBuyout

Please respond to post #186, I seek your expertise on this subject.

@Nihonjin1051

I guess we'll call it a day. He seems to be avoiding this discussion ever since I joined it. Maybe it's because I'm going to expose the man for what he is for those who can't tell already.

He won't answer any of my questions since it would contradict his declared attitude and concept of evaluation.
 
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you should thank china for it.
because china is between muslim world and japan.
muslim can not spread fast to japan in the history.

and even you have limited muslim population. you should be careful.
the muslim population is less than 0.1 % of your population,that is true
but the uyhgur population is also less than 0.1 % of our population. And we have already many problem with it.

You should ban some extrem religion such like Wahhabis before it is too late.

You make a solid point, my friend. Uighyurs make up less than 0.1% of China's population, and Muslims make up less than 0.1% of Japan's population. Why is it that there are terrorist activity in Xinjiang , China and it is practically non-existent in Japan?
 
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What you've been implying is here for us to see. I don't need to baby you around. Now let's move on. You first need to define 'terrorism' for me.

So I can understand why you bring up 'terrorism' in a thread about a minority in a Japan.



Quit being stupid.

I didn't bring radicalism into the thread. Nihonjin1051 posted a rather innocuous comment in post #10 that introduced terrorism as an aspect of the debate. Until then, the debate had centered around whether Japan could avoid conflict with the Muslim world by remaining isolationist.
 
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@LeveragedBuyout

Please respond to post #186, I seek your expertise on this subject.

@Nihonjin1051

I guess we'll call it a day. He seems to be avoiding this discussion ever since I joined it. Maybe it's because I'm going to expose the man for what he is for those who can't tell already.

He won't answer any of my questions since it would contradict his declared attitude and concept of evaluation.


Great job in expressing your points, my friend. I'm calling it a night , too. Time to do laundry , and plus i have a class to teach tomorrow at 9 am. Good night, buddy.

Good night also to @LeveragedBuyout , will continue this tomorrow.

God Bless all of us..!
 
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@LeveragedBuyout

Please respond to post #186, I seek your expertise on this subject.

@Nihonjin1051

I guess we'll call it a day. He seems to be avoiding this discussion ever since I joined it. Maybe it's because I'm going to expose the man for what he is for those who can't tell already.

He won't answer any of my questions since it would contradict his declared attitude and concept of evaluation.

You're of Palestinian descent, I get it. I understand as well that you're a teenager, so I also sympathize with your emotional response. What I don't understand is how your conflict has anything to do with this topic. Please explicitly connect it to this topic instead of trying to bait me. You have not yet explicitly stated what it is that I've said which has caused you to lose control.
 
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