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Fujisawa flashpoint: A mosque project stokes nativist fears (Japan)
The Japan Times ^ | 05/04/2026 | Simon Scott and Ben Stubbings

Posted on 05/10/2026 8:50:59 PM PDT by aimhigh

Fujisawa, Kanagawa Pref. – A mosque construction project in Fujisawa, a city of 440,000 about an hour south of Tokyo, has become a focal point for debate over how Japanese communities are adapting to a growing Muslim population.

Sri Lankan businessman Mohamed Khaleel, 54, says the idea of building a mosque in his adopted hometown emerged over a decade ago among the local Muslim community. The closest big mosque to the city center, Ebina Masjid, is 20 kilometers away and has been struggling to serve the increasing Muslim population in the area. . . .

Hirofumi Tanada, a professor emeritus at Waseda University, estimates that approximately 420,000 Muslims live in Japan

(Excerpt) Read more at japantimes.co.jp ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Japan; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: asia; islam; japan; mosque
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1 posted on 05/10/2026 8:50:59 PM PDT by aimhigh
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Fujisawa is about two miles from the big Buddha in Kamakura (technically Hase), meaning it’s right in the middle of where the “other” collection of Buddhist temples, besides Kyoto, has been in Japan for about the last 800 years.

It’s the Japanese equivalent of the Muslims trying to infest Dallas/Ft Worth, right in the metropolitan middle of the Bible Belt. DFW has been stupid to let it happen here; greater Kamakura will be stupid to let it happen there.


2 posted on 05/10/2026 8:59:41 PM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: aimhigh

The Japanese would be wise to follow the Singapore practice of STRICTLY limiting the population of Muslins allowed to exist in their country. Actually ALL NATIONS would be wise to follow that lead.


3 posted on 05/10/2026 9:28:21 PM PDT by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA-PRO-MAX)
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No wonder Singapore has the highest number of rich people based on population size. They have many common sense laws in Singapore. Such as no food stamps to able bodied adults under retirement age.


4 posted on 05/10/2026 10:28:38 PM PDT by Bobbyvotes (Work is worship. Instead of praying, I did more work & became more wealthy. )
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Sri Lankan Fujisawa businessman Mohamed Khaleel, 54, says the idea of building a mosque in his adopted hometown emerged over a decade ago among the local Muslim community.

Japanese journalists might as well start getting use to the politically correct formulations!

Can't wait to see all the new t.v. commercials showing "typical" Japanese families, with a swarthy Muslim father, Japanese mother, and half-caste kiddies!

Of course, there will still be plenty of opportunities for Japanese males to be cast - in subordinate roles, of course (background characters, clueless coworkers, brainless bigots, etc.). Think "Gilette" in Japanese!

Regards,

5 posted on 05/10/2026 10:46:22 PM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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muslims should not exit anywhere on Earth and steps should be taken immediately to ensure that.


6 posted on 05/11/2026 4:06:47 AM PDT by Sirius Lee ("Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.)
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Islam is an invasive cancer. They do well to make them feel unwanted.


7 posted on 05/11/2026 4:48:53 AM PDT by TheThirdRuffian (Orange is the new brown)
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