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Ryoichi Mita (三田 了一, Mita Ryōichi, 19 December 1892 – 29 May 1983), [1] also known as Umar Mita, [2] was a Japanese Muslim who is considered the first-ever Muslim to translate the Quran into the Japanese language.
The Japanese invasion of China and South East Asian regions during the Second World War brought the Japanese in contact with Muslims. Those who converted to Islam through them returned to Japan and established in 1953 the first Japanese Muslim organisation, the "Japan Muslim Association", which was officially granted recognition as a religious ...
Sultan Abdul Hamid II asked for a Japanese individual to stay behind and teach the Japanese language at the Army War College. The naval officers declined and instead recommended Noda, as he was a civilian, and Noda was employed in this manner for two years. During his stay, he intermittently sent back articles to Japan concerning his stay. [1] [2]
Ahmadiyya is an Islamic community in Japan. The history of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Japan begins after a number of mentions by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, who showed a particular interest in introducing Islam to the Japanese people. The first Ahmadi Muslim missionary to be sent to Japan was Sufi Abdul Qadeer, who was sent by the second Caliph ...
Aisha Abdurrahman Bewley – convert to Islam and author or translator of many books on Islam. Carla Amina Baghajati — She has been described as one of the best-known faces of Islam in Austria. Sultan Rafi Sharif Bey — Born Yale Jean Singer to an Orthodox Jewish family, he converted to Islam and took on the name Rafi Sharif in the late 1950s.
Ibrahim highly advised him to convert to Islam at a stay in Mumbai. He converted to Islam and accompanied him on a pilgrimage to Mecca, making himself the first ever Japanese pilgrim to Mecca. After Mecca, Yamaoka also visited Mount Ararat, Medina, Damascus, Jerusalem, Cairo, and Istanbul. He returned to Japan via Russia in 1910. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Some elements of Islamic philosophy From Rashidun, Umayyad and Abbasid were also distilled as far as back as the Heian period. Early European accounts of Muslims and their contacts with Japan were maintained by Portuguese sailors who mention a passenger aboard their ship, an Arab who had preached Islam to the people of Japan.
The Japan Muslim Association (日本ムスリム協会, nihon musurimu kyōkai) (JMA) is the first Muslim congregation in Japan. [1] Founded in 1952 by 47 members, [2] it was chartered as a religious corporation in June 1968. [1] [3] It aims to create a path for the Muslim minority to practice the doctrines of Islam while in harmony with ...