Halal food does not belong to Japan, and it is very cruel.
> "I realized that educating the people around me was going to be a permanent part of my life here"
The entitlement and arrogant ignorance is really strong. As a German who left Germany long time ago, I really hope Japan stays Japanese. When I visit, it feels like a full system restore for me — the social harmony, the deep consideration for others, the quiet competence. It’s one of the last places that still feels good and is quiet.
It’s simple systems thinking: Japan’s high-trust culture works.
Japan is trying to protect it: comprehensive surveillance of mosques and Islamic-related organisations in Japan includes profiling, cameras, undercover agents, informants, and the collection of personal data.
It began shortly after the September 11 terrorist attacks in 2001, became public through a leak in 2010, and the Supreme Court declared it legal in 2016 (stating it was "necessary and unavoidable" for counter-terrorism).
Japan is nice because it is Japanese. And now I'm probably going to loose my hard-earned 46 karma points here on HN. ;-) worth it.
> Muslims behaving disrespectfully at Japan's most sacred Shinto shrines has shocked the internet — and the perpetrator turns out to be an Egyptian migrant from Birmingham now living as a naturalized Japanese citizen.
Countries are in it state because of mix of history, culture, manners and religion. If change one of them, then they will became different places.
I too simply cannot understand why someone would go to place that is clearly not a best fit for beliefs, cultural feel as home, and just try to change it to be more as he/she wish. No offense, but to be honest, that reminds me to a virus behaviour.
> I too simply cannot understand why someone would go to place that is clearly not a best fit for beliefs, cultural feel as home, and just try to change it to be more as he/she wish.
It's called hijrah (migrating for the sake of Allah), qur'an surah 4, ayat 97 to 100 (also surah 2, ayat 218).
Japan is trying to protect it: comprehensive surveillance of mosques and Islamic-related organisations in Japan includes profiling, cameras, undercover agents, informants, and the collection of personal data. It began shortly after the September 11 terrorist attacks in 2001, became public through a leak in 2010, and the Supreme Court declared it legal in 2016 (stating it was "necessary and unavoidable" for counter-terrorism).
Japan is nice because it is Japanese. And now I'm probably going to loose my hard-earned 46 karma points here on HN. ;-) worth it.