Episode 348 – By the Sun and Its Brightness

This week, we cover the short yet fascinating history of Islam in Japan. What factors led to a connection between the Islamic world and Japan? Who led the efforts to build bridges between the two? And why is the history of this relationship so generally unknown?

Sources

Kramer, Hans Martin. “Pan-Asianism’s Religious Undercurrents: The Reception of Islam and Translations of the Qur’an in Twentieth-Century Japan.” Journal of Asian Studies 73, No 3 (August, 2014).

Green, Nile. “Forgotten Futures: Indian Muslims in the Trans-Islamic Turn to Japan.” Journal of Asian Studies 72, No 3 (August, 2013).

Sakurai, Keiko. “Muslims in Contemporary Japan.’ Asia Policy No 5 (January, 2008).

Worringer, Renee. “‘Sick Man of Europe’ or ‘Japan of the Near East’?: Constructing Ottoman Modernity in the Hamidian and Young Turk Eras.” International Journal of Middle East Studies 36, No 2 (May, 2004).

Wen, Shuang. “Muslim Activist Encounters in Meiji Japan.” Middle East Research and Information Project  No 270, Vol 4 (Spring, 2014).

Laffan, Michael F. “Making Meiji Muslims: The Travelogue of Ali Ahmad al-Jarjawi.” East Asian History 22 (December, 2001)

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