Japan: Muslim migrant damages a Shinto shrine and threatens Japanese local not to pray there because ‘Allah is the only god’, arrested

Op India ^ | 23 may 2023

[Cronos]

A video has been going viral on social media wherein a man in yellow attire can be seen vandalising a worship place. The video is reportedly from the Tarumi Ward in Japan’s Kobe City where the accused identified as Mamadou Balde had vandalised the Mizuoka Hachiman shrine in the area.

Balde is a Muslim native of the Republic of Gambia in West Africa, who migrated to Japan and now lives in Tarumi Ward, where the incident took place.

The accused, who was later arrested by the Japanese police, reportedly broke an offering box kept in the shrine. He also, reportedly, threatened a local worshipper against offering prayers at the shrine claiming Allah to be the only God. The incident occurred on May 3, 2023.

The CCTV footage revealed that the Muslim man, dressed in yellow attire appeared in the precincts of the Japanese Shinto shrine at around 9:30 am on May 3. He kicked the offering box kept in the shrine.

Shinto Shrines are places of worship as well as the dwellings of the Shinto gods- kami. Sacred articles of devotion representing the kami are kept in the shrine’s innermost chamber, where they cannot usually be seen by anyone. In some cases, a mountain, waterfall, or rock behind the shrine building can be the object of veneration.

Another security camera also showed the bamboo pipes in the chozuya, where the worshippers wash their hands before offering prayers in the shrine, and a wooden box kept on top of another offertory box being slammed to the ground.

The accused also reportedly told a woman devotee who was visiting the shrine at the time, “There is only Allah (the god) of Islam, so there is no God here, so don’t pray here.”

Reacting to the incident, Mizuoka Hachiman Shrine, chief priest, said: “It’s really disappointing, I can only say that.”

Rise of Islam in Japan It is pertinent to note here that as per available data, Islam has become the fastest-growing religion in Japan in terms of percentage increase, with its followers growing by 110%, from 110,000 in 2010 to 230,000 at the end of 2019, out of the total population of Japan of around 126 million. According to some sources, there were 30,000 Muslims in Japan in 1982.

One of the primary reasons for this demographic change is the sharp rise in marriages between Muslims and Japanese citizens and Japanese converts over two decades. This has caused a seven-fold increase in the number of mosques that have mushroomed in the country. A study by Hirofumi Tanada, professor emeritus of sociology at Waseda University in Tokyo showed there were 113 mosques across Japan in March 2021, up from only 15 in 1999.

Notably, the first contact between Japan and the Muslim world can be traced back to the 16th century when Japanese traders began establishing trade routes with the Middle East and Southeast Asia. These interactions introduced some Japanese to Islamic customs and practices.

In the late 19th century, Japan experienced a wave of migration due to industrialization and economic development. This resulted in the arrival of a small number of Muslim migrants, primarily from India, Turkey, and other parts of the Middle East. These migrants played a significant role in laying the foundation for Islam in Japan.

Islamic organizations began to emerge in Japan during the mid-20th century. Some Japanese individuals began converting to Islam, either through personal study or interactions with the Muslim community in Japan.

In the 1960s hundreds of Pakistani and Bangladeshi Muslims migrated to work in Japan and became settled. Additionally, Muslims from Pakistan and Bangladesh increased in the late 1980s as visa waiver programs were introduced by the Japanese government. According to data provided by the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the population of migrant Muslim workers in Japan doubled to reach more than 2 million at the end of 2011.

[Cronos]

Diversity and multiculturalism can work - if Islam is not involved.

In the UK there are 1 million Hindus and 0.5 million Sikhs in the UK — but they are barely represented in the prison population and next to no violent crimes are done by these 1.5 million brown skinned individuals. On the contrary they bring in additional business and work to the communities they live in.

There is no such thing as Hinduphobia or Sikhophobia.

Similarly the UK for centuries welcomed Huguenots, Dutch, Germans, Jews, etc. etc. - and those diverse people enriched the country.

The problem was alwaysMohammedanism

[bravo whiskey]

Feed him to Godzilla.

[mware]

Thought this guy was deported. Japan doesn’t tolerate terrorist. A dead sentence is just that in Japan. They inform them right before the execution.

[Cronos]

Japan does not allow any books in Arabic, Urdu or Pashtu to be published or distributed within Japan.

That is false - check the link

[SunkenCiv]

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[GOPJ]

ping

[poconopundit]

I classify this story as "making a mountain out of a molehill."

In fact, less than a week ago there was another story posted on FR mentioning this same incident.

Click the video on this page and you'll get a different perspective on this story.

Here's a guy in broad daylight wearing his yellow robe caught on video searching for a few coins at a few prayer offering spots at a shrine.  Looks like he didn't find any money so he tips over the wooden box.

Is the guy eccentric?  Yes.  Has he lost his marbles?  Maybe.  But this wouldn't qualify as significant crime in Atlanta, Georgia where armed youths are robbing convenient stores and people are getting shot.

Where's Humble Gunner when we need him?  Looks like these recent stories were posted by Robert Spencer's Jihad Watch affiliated publications and on-line journals.

I have no bones to pick with Spencer.  Sounds like he's done work for the CIA, FBI, and has written a lot of books on global Islamic terrorism.  Steve Bannon has said some good words about him.

But I see no need for alarm over the HIGHLY SELECTIVE and CONTROLLED immigration that Japan's government does.  My wife, a former Japanese national, and I were intensely screened before they gave us a residency visa two years ago.

I'd like to hear Spencer's perspective on the peace loving and civil Muslim populations of countries like Indonesia and Bengla Desh.  I've met some of these foreigners here and to a person they are respectful, calm, and intelligent people, some of whom have mastered multiple languages.

Many of the Southeast Asian immigrants to Japan are being brought in to provide health care for the elderly and other kinds of personal care.  I also befriended a university student from Bengla Desh who's actively working on the chemistry to economically test for clean water in his home country.

Moreover, Japan is a country that has retained its CIVILITY.  When you look around here, it's like you've time-traveled to America in the 1950s or early 60s.  And yet, Japan is a highly modern and digital society but it hasn't lost the respect that citizens have for one another -- or to foreigners.

[Candor7]

But I see no need for alarm over the HIGHLY SELECTIVE and CONTROLLED immigration that Japan's government does. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

I agree.

We also know that the Imperial family of Japan are generally close friemds with the royals of Saudi Arabia and Jordan.This also might influence the admission of otherwise non-admissable Muslims who might wish to wage their personal jihad while in Japan.

One might not think it generally , but behind the bamboo curtain Japan is a deeply respectful country because of its various views about the sacred aspect of Shinto gods. Essentially the Japanese believe that each of us carries a spark of such divinity (kami) and so the Japanese are most circumspect about stigmatizing any foreign national because they seek harmony among all things.

However if jihad is being waged in Japan, any harm done will either be handle swiftly and accurately in a very mannerly way by the Japanese police agencies or alternatively by the yakuza. This, even though some of those who might offend are under the umbrella of Arab friends of the Japanese Imperial family.

Japan is likely the most virtuous place anyone could live during these times.Radical Islamists might not like that fact of harmony ampng men and women, or even find it offensive that Japan is that way, because only Islam is supposed to be able to bring about such mannely harmony and civility within human society.

[GOPJ]

I had the feeling you could add perspective on this story... you’re a treasure pundit. Thanks.

[poconopundit]

Beautifully done there, Candor7. Wonderful to learn about the spiritual -- and royal -- underpinnings of Japanese society.

This week we took a bus trip to the Kairakuen Garden in Ibaraki prefecture.

A terrific cold wind swept down form the mountains, but I was amazed at the large manicured pine trees. The plum tree blossoms -- the Garden's most famous attraction -- were maybe a week before peak. Another year we'll be coming back and taking the train, so we can be more flexible about the date we visit.

[GOPJ]

Interesting - thanks for sharing.

[Candor7]

Wonderful to see that Spring is already underway in Ibaraki. Here we have cycles of freezes and thaws.

I long for a pleasant journey among the People of Ishikawa and Toyama.

A drink of hot Shiro Taka sake ( 白 鷹 酒 ), the drink of the Gods at Ise Jingu,....the cold mountain breeze in the face while feeling that glow in the belly!

Thank you poconopundit for bringing those memories to the surface.

The Kairakuen Garden in Ibaraki prefecture has such fleeting beauty, similar to human existence: