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Japan: Muslim migrant damages a Shinto shrine and threatens Japanese local not to pray there because ‘Allah is the only god’, arrested
Opindia ^ | May 27, 2026 | staff

Posted on 06/24/2026 10:17:11 AM PDT by Morgana

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.


TOPICS: Islam; Other non-Christian
KEYWORDS: asylum; immiration; islam; islamic; japan; migration; muslim; muslims; refugees; shinto; shrine
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While finding that story of the burning mosque in Japan I found this. It was recent enough so I thought I'd post it. No wonder Japan is pissed.

I don't believe in Shintoism but dawg I'm not gonna go vandalize their shrines.

1 posted on 06/24/2026 10:17:11 AM PDT by Morgana
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To: Morgana

Retarded and violent are bad combos.


2 posted on 06/24/2026 10:19:37 AM PDT by isthisnickcool (If the left was so damn smart why can't they answer simple questions?)
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To: Morgana

So where is a Samurai swordsman when you need him?


3 posted on 06/24/2026 10:19:50 AM PDT by Quickgun (I got here kicking,screaming and covered in someone else's blood. I can go out that way if I have to)
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To: Morgana

I would not be shocked if every Muslim in Japan got told to leave by X date or get thrown out.

I hope someone in our government is taking notes.


4 posted on 06/24/2026 10:20:30 AM PDT by Gen.Blather (Oh, gosh! I said that out loud. I'm so sorry.)
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To: Quickgun
> So where is a Samurai swordsman when you need him?

Muslim population in Japan more than doubled in less than 10 years between 2010 and 2019 (110K->230K). No idea what it is now but probably over 200K.

"You're gonna need a lot more than one Samurai."

5 posted on 06/24/2026 10:22:45 AM PDT by dayglored (This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalms 118:24)
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To: Morgana
...broke an offering box...

Millions of yen in there. That's robbery. Lock him up.

6 posted on 06/24/2026 10:23:09 AM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: Quickgun

Ninja justice incoming


7 posted on 06/24/2026 10:24:11 AM PDT by MoreMAGA ("See, there's three kinds of people...")
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To: Morgana

When you are a guest of a country, and you disapprove of the local customs to the point where you believe desecration is the only response, all right to remain in that country is forfeit.

Go home.


8 posted on 06/24/2026 10:24:28 AM PDT by alloysteel (The body may betray or fail. The spirit shall endure and prevail. Courage, courage.)
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To: Morgana

The bottom line of most major religions is “Leave other people alone.”

Then there’s Islam..............


9 posted on 06/24/2026 10:24:47 AM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: dayglored; Quickgun

Holy Moly. Muslim population in Japan doubled again since 2019.

Now 420,000.

Gonna need a whole lotta Samurai.


10 posted on 06/24/2026 10:26:00 AM PDT by dayglored (This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalms 118:24)
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To: alloysteel; Red Badger

These people are acting like they have no manners. Or as my parents would say “don’t act like you were raised in a barn” when we would go out in public. They are doing just that, acting like they were raised in a barn.


11 posted on 06/24/2026 10:29:46 AM PDT by Morgana ( “Abortion is the ultimate exploitation of women.” — Alice Paul 🇺🇸 )
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To: Morgana

Concur.

I can’t say a Shintoist has ever done anything bad to me in the name of Shinto.

Can’t say the same for Muslims.

They need to be removed.


12 posted on 06/24/2026 10:30:25 AM PDT by MeanWestTexan (Sometimes There Is No Lesser Of Two Evils)
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To: Morgana

Shrines have been burning down in Japan. Not hard to figure out how these fires start.


13 posted on 06/24/2026 10:31:21 AM PDT by Nateman (Democrats did not strive for fraud friendly voting merely to continue honest elections.)
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To: Morgana

The accused, who was later arrested by the Japanese police...


As I understand it, once you are arrested in Japan, you are going to go to prison.

The conviction rate is something like 98%, not because the Japanese police are perfect, nor because everyone they arrest is guilty, but because because an innocent verdict at trial causes both the police and the prosecution to ‘lose face’. (And also, there don’t appear to be any Soros-backed prosecutors in Japan).


14 posted on 06/24/2026 10:35:06 AM PDT by hanamizu
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To: alloysteel

Muslims believe the entire world is their “home” and are only taking back what was once Muslim anyways .


15 posted on 06/24/2026 10:36:07 AM PDT by escapefromboston (Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none.)
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To: Morgana

Unlike us, the Japanese will probably do something about that.


16 posted on 06/24/2026 10:39:00 AM PDT by Mathews (I have faith Malachi is right!!! Any day now...)
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To: escapefromboston

Muslims have a perfect right to occupy the desert lands from which they originated. They do not have the right to convert the rest of the world into a desert by their decivilizing actions.

Until they can introduce some semblance of civilized behavior to go along with their presence, they are welcome nowhere.

An isolated Muslim in a land foreign to himself poses no danger, as he shall, out of sheer native caution, proceed with heightened awareness and circumspection. But after the presence reaches some fairly readily identified level, they begin to presume upon the good will of others.


17 posted on 06/24/2026 10:46:40 AM PDT by alloysteel (The body may betray or fail. The spirit shall endure and prevail. Courage, courage.)
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To: hanamizu

“As I understand it, once you are arrested in Japan, you are going to go to prison.”

This is true.

You are also presumed guilty until proven innocent in Japan.

It’s one of the few countries that does it this way.

And yes, that approach has considerable downsides when the justice system is corrupted.


18 posted on 06/24/2026 11:20:41 AM PDT by MeanWestTexan (Sometimes There Is No Lesser Of Two Evils)
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To: Mathews

I hope you’re right.


19 posted on 06/24/2026 11:42:17 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: MoreMAGA

Hopefully when this mohammedan rage boy least expects it.


20 posted on 06/24/2026 11:42:55 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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