Konbanwa everyone!
I notice that when Japanese people bow and kneel, it is very much like the prayer of a Muslim almost, only we believe that only God is worthy to be bowed and prostrated to.
In Islam we are taught that every nation on earth was sent a messenger to call to the oneness of God, and so my thinking is that the beautiful manners of the Japanese are left over maybe after centuries, of what the Prophet who was sent to Japan taught. And over time the message was destorted and people began to bow to people instead, and of course God knows best!
Thoughts?
nice way to view it!
nice manners are inherited from a a specific believe system..might be from the abrahamic believes, a philosophy, a civil law....etc
the matter is similaraties between bushido and the islamic warrior code are so strong.... shinto politeness and islamic teachings are so similar as well.
but i never thought some one will agree to that also or even notice
Hello there eemaan san ! Long time no see...I hope you have been fine, and it's good to see you again.
I would think it'd be something to look into, but at the moment, doubt that we would be able to find any connection because of the age of the cultural movement. Since this thread would be for such a matter, doing it here is fine. I would suggest, however, that you stick with it if you were to start. You will likely find some objections to some of your propositions, so I think it would be good to make sure you have sources and data...and that would have to be more than just a couple of on-line sites.
I would encourage you to do that though !! Study and learning is such a great thing. I'll let you make the first post as to just where that idea comes from in the first place, and the details behind it, since I am not familiar with it.
Whom did you see ? muslim japanese women ? with scarves ?
it woul be so wonderful to be able to find a japanese muslim wife...as that is my dream
by the way, does anyone know where islam-converted japanese people may be found please ? any website ?
thanks in advance .
Assalamualaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh
窶堙坂?堋カ窶堙溪?堙懌?堋オ窶堙?。ニ停?ーツーニ筑ニ停?懌?堙??堋キツ。ニ歎ニ停?愴狸ニ竹ツーニ停?ケツ人窶堙??堋キツ。ニ辰ニ湛ニ停?ーニ停ぎツ人窶堙??堋キツ。2004窶扼11ナ椎ス窶堋ゥ窶堙ァ窶愿コ窶怒ナ津ェ窶堙ー窶「テ冷?ケツュ窶堋オ窶堙??堋「窶堙懌?堋キツ。JLPT窶堙坂?堙懌?堋セナスツ昶?堋ソ窶堙懌?堋ケ窶堙アツ。ツ債。窶扼窶堙?6ツ催寂?堙??堋キツ。ナ津」5ニ停?毒椎ス窶堙?7ツ催寂?堙俄?堙遺?堙ィ窶堙懌?堋キツ。窶堋ク窶堙≫?堙?辰ニ湛ニ停?ーニ停ぎツ人窶堙??堋キツ。ツ青カ窶堙ア窶堋セ窶堋ゥ窶堙ァツ。
窶堙ヲ窶堙ォ窶堋オ窶堋ュ窶堋ィ窶堙銀?堋ェ窶堋「窶堋オ窶堙懌?堋キツ。
ツ色ツ々窶堋ア窶堙??堋ェ窶冦窶堙ィ窶堋ス窶堋「窶堙??堋キツ。窶愿コ窶怒窶堙個宗窶ケツウ窶堙??堋ゥ窶「ツカ窶ーツサ窶堙??堋ゥツ。ツ宗窶ケツウ窶堙??「ツカ窶ーツサ窶堋ェツ債ャ窶堋エ窶堙≫?堙??堙ゥ窶堙昶?堋ス窶堋「ツ。ナス窶樞?堙娯?敕楪鞘?披?堙坂?愿コ窶怒ツ人窶堙??堋キツ。ナス窶樞?堋ス窶堋ソ窶堙娯?能窶凖ィ窶堙最停?ケツ債・窶堋キ窶堙ゥ窶堋ッ窶堙??敕楪鞘?披?堙債宗窶ケツウ窶堙娯?堋ア窶堙??堋ェツ心窶掏窶堋オ窶堙??堙ゥツ。窶堙?窶堋オツ鞘?「窶堋ッ窶堙ァ窶堙ェ窶堙ゥ窶堙遺?堙ァ窶堙寂?堋?窶堙ィ窶堋ェ窶堙??堋、窶堋イ窶堋エ窶堋「窶堙懌?堋キツ。窶愿コ窶怒ナ津ェ窶堙??堋ゥ窶堋ア窶堙娯?堋ア窶堙??堙??堋ゥツ。窶愿コ窶怒窶堙娯?「ツカ窶ーツサ窶堙?宗窶ケツウ窶堋ェ窶冦窶堙ィ窶堋ス窶堋「ツ。
ナス窶樞?堙?窶愿コ窶怒窶堙俄?堋?窶堙ゥ窶堙姑停?堡湛ニ誰窶堙鳴行窶堋ォ窶堋ス窶堋「ツ。窶堙?窶堋オツ出窶藩??堙ェ窶堙寂?牢窶「窶昶?堋セツ。ニ辰ニ湛ニ停?ーニ停ぎツ人窶堙俄?堙遺?堙≫?堋ス窶堙個人窶堋ス窶堋ソ窶堙?彙窶堋オ窶堋スツ。窶堙??堋、窶堙「窶堙≫?堙??堋サ窶堙ア窶堙遺?堙俄?愿ッ窶堋オ窶堋「窶堋ア窶堙??堋ェツ出窶藩??堙懌?堋オ窶堋スツ。
ok english.
Hi minna-san. My name is Abdul Rahman, living in Singapore. I learnt Japanese since November 2004 and still learning til now. Working as a full-time analyst programmer for a local-based MNC. Cheh so much for MNC. If possible looking towards working for an actual MNC in Japan. Insya-Allah. Only Allah knows what's best for me. Anyway, I have questions and I need to find answers.
It's about the Culture and Religion in Japan. It seems that it's all mixed together. How do you Muslim fellas managed to get your non-Muslim Japanese girls to convert and how do you cope after that? It's amazing and I've yet to find out how. I'm quite weak in my own religion so I'm working towards it.
I wished to find answers. And I will try my very best, Insya-Allah, to attain the answers to my questions. And I will share the knowledge of what I have with others too.
park2.itc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/tuics/mosques.htm - Mosques in Japan
If you do have anything for me, please do contact me.
And if you guys want to come down to Singapore, please do not be shy to contact me too. I will try the very best in my effort to show you around Singapore. If you're a Japanese Muslim, even better. I can show you Singapore. You can help me improve my Japanese. You can help me find my answers.
There are so many halal food places in Singapore. There's more to meat than pork. LOL. ok ok jk jk.
I've been to Japan 4 times. Still want to go there. Best is to visit the mosques. I'm sick and tired of Anime and manga. I'll go for more better things. Next plan is to visit all mosques in Japan. Insya-Allah.
First things first, improve myself.
I wish for the best of everyone. Assalamualaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh.
Thanks for reading. If you have contacts or any point of references, it'll be greatly appreciated.
it ia awesome to have met you all here...
but yet no answer from a true japanese muslim living in land... ('_' ")
i have seen a japanese american muslim reply to the thread..but no else
Whom did you see ? muslim japanese women ? with scarves ?
it woul be so wonderful to be able to find a japanese muslim wife...as that is my dream
by the way, does anyone know where islam-converted japanese people may be found please ? any website ?
thanks in advance .
Hi mars man, it's just an idea i had, nothing concrete, so i don't intend to delve deep ito it or research, that's not my thing. Just lookig forward to one day meeting a japnese friend who is muslim one day when i get the opportunityto go to Japan!
Hope you are all well!
oh noooo !
i did not and DO NOT mean such a thing . Absolutely not ! :sorry:
Nonetheless, i dream about funding a family with a japanese wife .
that's my objective...or at least my dream .
anyway... the japanese culture can be of both extreme... i personally feel... one thing the level of respect for their superior is awesome... i can't never do that... then again... give some respects to the ladies man... you just do go around touching them here and there...
i always worry for my gf... used to always asked her... so who touched you today? lol... until she gets the idea...
AND what's up with the TV man... why are there boobs on TV? what if there were kids watching... I was watching TV and saw them... turned away and go... 'what in the blazing world? I don't get that in my country.' then after that... a hand went over my face with words going, 'MINAIDE'... oh i so love her...
when they love you... they really love you dude... you feel choked sometimes... well marriage is something that we can predict... who we will marry... who we will fall in love with... God knows His ways... just a little bit of effort... He'll let you see the one for you...
i want to marry a japanese girl tooooooooo! bachir san that is harder than i thought...
if finding them is hard..how about falling in love with one of them
Thinking of how many Japanese muslims I've met till now, I'm quite surprised. Especially when I haven't visited Japan yet. I knew 3 Japanese muslim women (unfortunately lost contact with them when they moved back). I also met a Japanese muslim professor when he came to my mother's workplace a few years ago to talk about Islam in Japan. And I hear that a Japanese professor in my college is muslim.
The best way to contact Japanese muslims if you're outside Japan, I think, would be to contact the Islamic Center, and also check out Muslim penpal sites. A friend of mine had told me of a site, but I can't remember what it was.
Kon'nich wa, minna-san!
The best way to contact Japanese muslims if you're outside Japan, I think, would be to contact the Islamic Center, and also check out Muslim penpal sites. A friend of mine had told me of a site, but I can't remember what it was.
Sorry it took me so long to get the website, but my friend didn't have internet for a while. I haven't tried the website out yet, but in shaa Allah it will help.
I wonder how many people also here are interested in japanese Buddhism...
Esmaan wrote:
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I notice that when Japanese people bow and kneel, it is very much like the prayer of a Muslim almost, only we believe that only God is worthy to be bowed and prostrated to.
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Islam is monotheistic and religions in japan are pantheistic. Pantheistic beliefs revere nature and all living beings(e.g. human beings) in the entire cosmos with such awe and deep respect with the belief that they are one with the entire cosmos. God or gods (Kami as called in Nihongo) symbolizes these forces of nature and it also related to their own lives. This idea is very much common to Buddhist beleifs as well. Thus, Buddhism and Shinto(indigenous religion in japan) go hand in hand. However, Shinto lacks philosophical truth while Buddhism delves into practise and philosophical truth embodied in it.
The difference between monotheistic religions like Islam and its sister faith Judeo-Christian religions(western religions) and pantheistic religions such as represented by Buddhism or shinto(eastern religions) is that western religion like Islam tends to be anthropocentric, placing humanity at the apex of the natural order. Buddhism in particular, on the other hand, views humankind as a part of nature, supporting and giving rise to the notion of bioethics. Since every individual is connected to everything on earth, the destiny of our planet is influenced by the individual's actions. This impersonal truth is viewed in Buddhism as Mystic Law(Dharma) which underlies all creation.This law or truth This truth is eternal and boundless. It is present always and everywhere. In this sense, the law of life is not the exclusive property of a certain religious group, or to a prophet or priest. The truth is open equally to everyone.
The ultimate and all-abiding law(mystic law) that the Buddha perceived may be another name for some people's concept of God. On the other hand, a person who cannot believe in an anthropomorphic God can see an underlying energy to the universe. The breadth of Buddhism encompasses both views and focuses on the individual.
There is no one to blame - and no one to implore for salvation. In Buddhism, no God or supernatural entity plans and shapes our fates. In Western religion, you can bring yourself closer to God through your faith, but you can never become God. In Buddhism, one could never be separate from the wisdom of God, because the ultimate wisdom already exists in the heart of every person.
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And over time the message was destorted and people began to bow to people instead, and of course God knows best!
Thoughts?
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Islam and other religions and culture do not share the same practise or beleifs with Islam as founded by Muhammad who is an arab. Do not compare Islamic culture as prefect while others are inferior. This kind of thingking or belief is wrong!!
Pre-Islamic culture(indigenous arabians) and japanese cultures and beleifs are somewhat in common but they are two distinct cultures. Pre-islamic culture believes on gods and revere nature quite similar to Shinto. Kneeling and bowing to gods or nature is the common practises of ancient or native religions across cultures not only the arabs like my in country before christianity and Islamization in Philippines native filipinos do kneel and bow during their religious rituals. So it is not unique to Islam because it is common practises to ancient arabs or, or asian religions.
Asalam Alykom Wa Rahmat allah Wa Barakatoh every muslims here
I would like to know more about our muslims brother and sisters and how they live in japan
Assalamu alaykum to all the Muslims in Japan. I knew there were muslims in Japan but I wasn't aware of the exact numbers. 200,000 is a huge number of muslims.
I'm very happy to hear that their are masjids there as well.
窶ー'窶堙哉停ぎニ湛ニ椎?ニ停ぎ窶堙遺?堙ア窶堙??堋キ窶堙ヲツ!I'm muslim. But I was just wondering about Saudi Arabia and videogames...
I recently became friends with a Pakistani guy whose parents moved to Japan when he was one month old. He lives in Yamanashi-ken and he actually speaks only japanese and urdu-so I speak in japanese with him-it's very strange because he's not Japanese but he seems like one.
Well! Video games are allowed in Saudia arabia >.<" Infact they play really good .. can't believe I lost to Saeed >.> NYWAY THATS NOT THE POINT! well. It's cool that u speak japanese! I wish I could learn ;(
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