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- Research Seminar No.128, 15 May 2012
16:30-, The Interdivisional Education and Research Building , 5th Floor
「Fukuoka Mosque: A case of recent Muslim’s community development in Japan」
TIRTOSUDARMO Riwanto (Research Center for Society and Culture, Indonesian Institute of Sciences)
This is a work-in-progress of my new research endeavor on the religious life of migrant community in Japan, particularly among the Indonesian Muslims. In 2003-2004 I conducted a study on the Indonesian migrant community – the majority is over stayers - in Oarai, Ibaraki prefecture, that mostly Minahasan-Christians. In 2004-2005 I observe the Indonesian migrant community – mostly kenshusei -around Shin-Anjo mosque. Last year I began to observe the Muslim community around the newly constructed mosque in Hakozaki, Fukuoka. The Muslims in Fukuoka Mosque consist of different nationalities, although Egyptian, Bangladeshi and Indonesian seems the dominant groups. The majority of Indonesian is students and kenshusei from Fukuoka and surroundings suburbs. My interest, among others, is on their effort and mobilization to construct the mosque amidst the alien religious and cultural surroundings. Through observations and conversations with the informants from this Muslim community I attempt to understand the interaction between the Muslims and the Japanese society that interestingly tolerant and accommodating toward foreigner and Islam in particular. This is a surprise as we are now witnessing the increasing Islam phobia in Europe and the United States. The increasing number of Muslims and the rapid increased of constructed mosque in Japan in the last two decades is an interesting phenomenon in which my own observation in Fukuoka should be situated. It is likely that slowly but surely a more diverse and pluralistic society is currently developing in Japan.
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