Due to the lack of burial graveyards for Muslims in Japan, Muslims in Beppu City, Oita Prefecture will visit the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare this month on behalf of the believers in Kyushu and Okinawa to develop a public graveyard where they can be buried. I found out that I would petition.
In Islam, cremation when a believer dies is not permitted by the law and must be buried.
However, there are few graveyards accepted in Japan, and there are a number of cases in western Japan where there are problems with burial destinations.
Under these circumstances, a Muslim group in Beppu City, Oita Prefecture, purchased land in the neighboring town of Hiji three years ago and is continuing discussions with the town to open a burial graveyard, but there is also opposition from the local residents. There is no prospect of realization.
Therefore, on the 17th of this month, a representative of an organization trying to build a graveyard will visit the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare on behalf of Muslims in Kyushu and Okinawa to submit a petition.
The petition requires the state to establish at least one public graveyard in each prefecture where burial can be done based on faith, or to develop a burial area in the existing public graveyard.
Khan Muhammad Tahil Abbas, who is a representative of the organization and has acquired Japanese nationality, said, "As the number of foreigners living in Japan increases, it is a serious problem that there are no graves in line with one's culture and beliefs. I want to ask for a response. "