IQNA: Islamic School to Be Built in Japan
Japan Times: Marriages lead women into Islam in Japan (1992)The Islamic Center of Tokyo is all set to build the first Islamic school in Japan. The center management has bought a plot of land to build the school. The center authorities have urged Muslims to come forward with donations to implement the project. It is noteworthy that a large number of Japanese embraced Islam through the efforts of the Islamic Center.
"Aysha" Abid Choudry - her given name is Harumi - adopted her Muslim name and faith four years ago, at the age of 26, to marry a Pakistani. Two years later, like many Japanese women married to Muslim men in Japan, she remained reluctant to abide by Islamic laws. Then one day about two years ago, she decided to act on her own intuition that Islam meant having a personal relationship with Allah. She got on her knees to pray for the first time. Her husband, a devout Muslim who had never asked her to adopt Islam but had parayed silently on her behalf for years, cried openly at the sight...more...
