LL> Hello Everybody,   
      
    I'd bet you didn't know this is another fake email rant.   
      
    LL> The Land of the Rising Sun is filled with wonderful people,   
    LL> a people who deserve far more credit than what they have   
    LL> received.  For example, during WWII, the Japanese people   
    LL> gave refuge to many Jews, thus saving them from certain   
    LL> death at the hands of the Nazis.  This is the sense of   
      
    Though much of it was for the benefit of the Japanese, plus they just   
    didn't feel like going out of their way for the Germans.   
      
    LL> decency that all peoples such strive for, regardless of   
    LL> nationality or ethnicity.  Why did the Japanese choose to   
      
    Which was displayed by a Japanese diplomat in Lithiuania, who helped as   
    many as 10,000 escape. He lost his job with the diplomatic corps. OTOH, he   
    was a Christian.   
      
    LL> help the Jews when so many others (including Americans)   
    LL> chose otherwise?  Maybe, just maybe, it had something to do   
    LL> with religion?  Or at the very least a sense of human   
    LL> decency.  The following is an email I received this   
    LL> morning. Read it.  And try to understand, as each and every   
    LL> one of us should very much approve what has been written.   
      
    A sense of human decency? By those who considered raping a woman to death   
    an appropriate punishment? By those who forced women into prostitution for   
    the benefit of their troops? By those who murdered thousands to hundreds   
    of thousands?   
      
    LL> --Lee   
      
    LL> Japan   
      
    LL> NEVER KNEW THIS ABOUT JAPAN ...   
      
    LL> Have you ever read in the newspaper that a political leader   
    LL> or a prime minister from an Islamic nation has visited   
    LL> Japan?   
      
    Has anyone ever cared? Since there are more Muslims in Asia than there are   
    Arab Muslims, I suspect a lot of Muslim Prime Ministers have visited   
    Japan.   
      
    LL> Have you ever come across news that the Ayatollah of Iran   
    LL> or the King of Saudi Arabia or even a Saudi Prince has   
    LL> visited Japan?   
      
    Why would the Narcisistic personalities who rule those countries want to   
    visit a country where pretty much all foreigners are considered inferior.   
      
    LL> Japan is a country keeping Islam at bay.  japan has put   
    LL> strict restrictions on Islam and ALL Muslims.   
      
    Japan puts strict restrictions on every outsider.   
      
    LL> The reasons are:   
      
    LL> 1) Japan is the only nation that does not give citizenship   
    LL> to Muslims.   
      
    Nor to pretty much anybody else.   
      
    LL> 2) In Japan permanent residency is not given to Muslims.   
      
    Nor to pretty much anybody else.   
      
    LL> 3) There is a strong ban on the propagation of Islam in   
    LL> Japan.   
      
    False.   
      
    LL> 4) In the University of Japan, Arabic or any Islamic   
    LL> language is not taught.   
      
    Probably because there is no University of Japan. OTOH, Tokyo University   
    teaches Arabic. In 2005 Japan held an Arabic Language Olympics, in   
    co-operation with Saudi Arabia, to celebrate 50 years of diplomatic   
    relations. The Arabic Islamic Institute of Tokyo was also involved.   
      
    LL> 5) One cannot import a 'Koran' published in the Arabic   
    LL> language.   
      
    False.   
      
    LL> 6) According to data published by the Japanese government,   
    LL> it has given temporary residency to only 2 Iakhs, Muslims,   
    LL> who must follow the Japanese law of the Land.  These   
      
    Everybody must follow the Japanese law of the land.   
      
    LL> Muslims should speak Japanese and carry their religious   
    LL> rituals in their homes.   
      
    False. They like everybody to speak Japanese, but they don't require it.   
    And Muslims can go to their mosques to carry on their religious rituals.   
      
    LL> 7) Japan is the only country in the world that has a   
    LL> negligible number of embassies in Islamic countries.   
      
    False. Look at the Japanese Foreign Office list of embassies. Again, there   
    are more Muslims in Asia than in the Arab Countries.   
      
    LL> 8) Japanese people are not attracted to Islam at all.   
      
    Japanese people are not much attracted to Christianity, but they are about   
    as much attracted to Islam.   
      
    LL> 9) Muslims residing in Japan are the employees of foreign   
    LL> companies.   
      
    False. Japanese Muslims can work for anyone. Few foreigners work for   
    Japanese companies in Japan. At least no legally.   
      
    LL> 10) Even today, visas are not granted to Muslim doctors,   
    LL> engineers or managers sent by foreign companies.   
      
    False. Japan does not much like foreign managers, working in Japan, and   
    have even less use for foreign engineers and doctors. They do allow   
    doctors and engineers and managers visas for conferences etc.   
      
    LL> 11) In the majority of companies it is stated in the   
    LL> regulations that no Muslims should apply for a job.   
      
    Just like No Irish Need apply in this country early in the last century. I   
    doubt you could get a job with most Japanese companies, not in Japan.   
      
    LL> 12) The Japanese government is of the opinion that Muslims   
    LL> are fundamentalist and even in the era of globalization   
    LL> they are not willing to change their Muslim laws.   
      
    I'm sure they tell that to the leaders of Indonesia and Malaysia all the   
    time.   
      
    LL> 13) Muslims cannot even think about renting a house in   
    LL> Japan.   
      
    Could you?   
      
    LL> 14) If anyone comes to know that his neighbour is a Muslim   
    LL> then the whole neighbourhood stays alert.   
      
    Not unless he is an Islamic Yakuza.   
      
    LL> 15) No one can start an Islamic cell or Arabic 'Madrasa' in   
    LL> Japan.   
      
    Islamic Cell? Is that like a prison cell? I suspect some of the Mosques in   
    Japan do have their religious schools.   
      
    LL> 16) If a Japanese woman marries a Muslim then she is   
    LL> considered an outcast forever.   
      
    If a Japanese woman marries any foreigner she is considered an outcast.   
      
    LL> 17) According to Mr. Kumiko Yagi, Professor of Arab/Islamic   
    LL> Studies at Tokyo University of Foregin Studies, "There is a   
    LL> mind frame in Japan that Islam is a very narrow minded   
    LL> religion and one should stay away from it."   
      
    OTOH, they think much the same of us.   
      
    LL> My estimation of the Japanese has risen dramatically!   
      
    LL> V E R Y   S M A R T   P E O P L E !!!!   
      
    Sad, very sad.   
      
    Remember, Japan has to import oil, and the Arab countries, particularly   
    Saudi Arabia, run OPEC>   
      
   BOB KLAHN bob.klahn@sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn   
      
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