Newsletter No. 296
Research-Review
June 7, 2006

 

ISLAM IN JAPAN: ADVERSITY AND DIVERSITY

Shingetsu Newsletter No. 108 of last November carried a call for papers from Harvard Asia Quarterly in regard to a submission on the subject of Islam in Japan. As I mentioned at the time, I myself sent in a proposal.

It turned out that I was fortunate enough to have my paper proposal accepted, and the relevant volume has just been published:

Harvard Asia Quarterly
Islam in Asia
Vol. X, No. 1 (Winter 2006)

My paper, entitled “Islam in Japan: Adversity and Diversity,” is included in this volume, as are articles on Islam in Korea, Islam in China, and an interview with Michael Laffan, among other things.

The paper I wrote was intended to be a general introduction to the subject of Muslim life in Japan, and is not the product of any intensive research in primary sources. My goal was to be readable and interesting, and you can judge for yourselves to what degree I may have succeeded or failed in that endeavor:

http://www.asiaquarterly.com/content/view/168/43/

Presumably, the printed edition of the journal will be available very soon, if it is not in fact available now.