The Experiences of Bangladeshi Muslim Community in Japan

Abstract

The Clash of Civilizations is a famous theory of Samuel Huntington (1996) claims that Muslims do not undoubtedly integrate with the cultures of receiving country. The Islam has always been a misinterpret subject. Since the 9/ 11 attacks, People all around the world assume that all Muslims are extremist and will not hesitate to kill innocent people in the favor of their beloved God. Such people believe that Muslims have no place in modern world. In this situation, I found the article from the Japan Times titled “Can Japan show the West how to live peacefully with Islam? In this article, Nicolas Gating writes, “It has been striking to see Japan’s efforts to make this minority feel at home”. On the contrary, Japan is described a zero-immigrant country and Muslims migrants usually considered to be low from Western people. Recently, Japan has gradually become a dream country for migration to Bangladeshi Muslims The main focus of the study is to examine various experiences and identity construction among Bangladeshi Muslim migrants in Japan. This thesis is an ethnographic research, a qualitative study, conducted in numerous cities broken into several types: direct participation in many community events, interview, and focus group discussion. Bangladeshi Muslims between the yeas of 2015 to 2017. A total of 135 migrants participated to the study. The result is, Bangladeshi Muslim in Japan, are culturally, linguistically, and racially unique from the society of Japan. “Perfect” social adaptation is nearly impossible. Firstly, Bangladeshi Muslim group attempt to create tight knit autonomous communities operate in a modus vivendi structure for retention their root culture identity. Secondly, Bangladeshi make alliances with local citizens and other migrants groups developing business and opportunities. The construction of what I have termed multicultural symbiosis ties. Some elements of the diaspora are also visible in the Bangladeshi Muslim community in Japan.