The Motto:
Islamic circle of Japan has been established with a vision to seek the pleasure of Allah by following the guidelines as given by Allah in Quran and his Messenger Prophet Mohammed (SWAT) in all matters in daily life, to work for the welfare of humanity & to create a pious and peaceful society .
Aqeedah:
The Aqeedah of ICOJ is “la Ilaha illa Allah u Muhammad ur Rasoolullah” That there is no God but Allah and Prophet Muhammad is his Messenger.
Every member of ICOJ has strong belief in Oneness of Allah, His being the Supreme Authority, Creator of the world. Every member of the ICOJ believes in all the messengers sent by almighty Allah on various occasions prior to Prophet Muhammed (SAW) including Prophet Jesus, Moses, Ibraheem, Zakriya, and all other prophets. Every member of ICOJ has strong belief that Prophet Muhammed is the last messenger of Allah and that there will be no other prophet after him.
The belief on Angles of Allah, Life after death, the Day of judgement.
Introduction of Islamic Circle of Japan.
Islamic Circle of Japan (ICOJ) is a non-ethnic, non-sectarian, open to all, independent, grass root organization based in Japan working for establishing pious, Allah fearing and peaceful society. For more than 3 decade now ICOJ has been working to spread the message of Allah to local people by arranging various Dawah programs, publications, personal contacts and other means. Simultaneously its main focus has also been on Tarbiyah of the members as well as other Muslims in Japan so that Muslims in Japan, who being the representatives of Islam here, can reflect a positive and true image of Islam on the local people here. With a separate department of Taleem o Tarbiyah various tarbiyah programs are organized besides motivating the members as well as other Muslims to read, learn and understand Islam by reading the Quran & Hadith and other Islamic literature.
History.
With the blessings of almighty Allah, a small no of young persons with a thirst to create an Islamic society in Japan and to fulfill their responsibilities towards amar bil maroof wa nahey anel munkar, established Islamic Circle of Japan in 1992.
History of Islam in Japan is just around a century old only thus the Muslim community in Japan is very small. Although there have been various efforts by individuals as well as collectively to introduce Islam here however the language being a major barrier in this part of world and with a very less number of immigrants from Arab & other Muslim countries there is need to spread the message of Allah and his Prophet (SAW) with zeal. However, since the recent past number of immigrants from various Muslim countries has been increasing. Thus for these immigrant Muslims In order represent Islam in true sprits it is required that these immigrant Muslims follow Quran and Sunnah in their life here in a non- Muslim society with a very small number of local Muslims. ICOJ was thus established with the sole purpose to attain the pleasure of Allah by creating a pious society and to follow Quran And Sunnah in their day to day life. Thus a small group of individual, with a goal to seek Allah’s pleasure took the initiative to carry on Dawah work in Japan collectively and to observe set guidelines of Allah and Prophet (SAW) in the day to day life, decided to establish an organization here which will not only do the Dawah work but will also arrange for the Tarbiyah of its members. With this objective Alhamdulillah Islamic Circle of Japan was established in Japan.
ICOJ also works on the other requirements, which are essential for an Islamic society. With Japan Mosque Foundation (JMF) as one of its main departments establishment of mosques and prayer places has been one of major activities of ICOJ. At present with the grace of almighty Allah ICOJ has established 11 permanent mosques, one each in central Tokyo, Chiba, Tochigi, Saitama, Ibaraki, and Gumma Prefectures. Besides it is managing various temporary prayer places (in rented apartments) as well as arranging Salat ul Jumma(Friday prayers) at various other places. In the Holy month of Ramadan ICOJ arranges for Huffaz to recite Quran in Salatul Taraweeh at various places in Japan besides the regular prayer places .ICOJ, also takes the responsibilities of Eid prayers at various places in Japan.
With the establishment of a proper Bait-ul-mal, ICOJ Alhamdulillah has established the system of Zakat as well as Sadaqa Fitr. ICOJ also provides the relief to all deserving persons, Muslims as well as non-Muslims as much as possible with its meager resources.
For Burial of dead bodies in accordance of Islamic procedures ICOJ has a separate department to look after the related matters.
Islamic book service provides a variety of Islamic literature, Tafaseer of Quran, books of Ahadith, Books on the Seerah of Prophet Muhammad , books on Seerah of Sahabah, Islamic books for children in Arabic, Urdu, English, and Japanese.
Under the Islamic Research Academy ICOJ has published various booklets related to basic Islamic teachings as well Introductory books on Islam in local Japanese language.
Along with Dawah work, the relief and welfare work is one of the important tasks which ICOJ has been doing since its establishment.
ICOJ Departments:
- Shahadah
- Muslim Mariage Bureau
- Audio & Video
- Book service
- Research Academy
- Publication
- Relief & Welfare
- Public Relations
- Taaleem & Tarbiyah
- Bait-ul-mal
- Burial
- Education to Children
Japan Mosque Foundation
· Hira Mosque Gyotoku Chiba pref.
· Quba Mosque Tatebayashi Gunma pref.
· Bab ul Islam Mosque Oyama Tochigi pref.
· Masjid Abu Bakr Al-Siddique Mito Ibaraki pref.
· Masjid Riyad ul Jannah Nasu Shiobara Tochigi pref.
· Masjid Iqra Kanuma Tochigi pref.
· Masjid Usman e Ghani Hatoyama Saitama pref.
· Masjid Koriyama Koriyama Fukushima pref.
· Masjid Jamea Al Imaan Nagano pref.
· Masjid Al Quds Matsudo Chiba pref.
Organizational structure of ICOJ
The Ameer (President) of the ICOJ is the head of the organization, who is elected by direct voting by the basic members.
The Ameer is elected for a term of two years. However, he will be on leave for next term only.
# Majlis e Shoora: Basic members of ICOJ also elect the members of majlis Shoora for a period of two year. Ameer consults the majlis for various decisions and Shoora is the decision-making body, though all the decisions have to be approved by the basic members in the basic members meetings.
#Secretary general: Ameer e circle, after his election, in consultation of the members of Majlis e Shoora nominates the secretary general for one year term to look after the organizational matters.
#Naib Umara (Vice Presidents): Ameer e circle also nominates Naib Umara (Vice Presidents).
#ICOJ has a Halaqa based working structure. Each Halaqa has an in charge to organize the Dawah and Tarbiyah activities. Besides he also monitors and oversees the activities of the Halaqas (basic units) falling under the respective Halaqa.
#Each Halaqas (Basic Units) which organizes the Dawah programs in that area, like Monthly/weekly Daroos e Quran and other Dawah & Tarbiyah Programs.
Organizational chart for the Year 2025
#Ameer e circle: Brother Malik Amanat Ali
Tel:090-6189-2111
#Secretary General: Brother Munawar Chaudhary
Tel:080-3354-2244
#Vice Presidents
1.Brother Hafiz Zulfiqar
Tel:090-1034-0137
2.Brother Saied Mughal
Tel:090-4847-5799
- Br. Abdullah Miyazawa
#Sisters Wing:
1.Nazima (Japanese Speaking sisters wing):
Mrs. Ilyas Khan
2.Nazima (Urdu speaking sisters wing):
Mrs. Yahya
Head office:
111-0025, Tokyo, Taito-ku,
1-9-12 Higashi Asakusa.
Tel:81-3-3871-6061
Fax:81-3-3871-6062
e-mail: admin@islaminjapan.org