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.
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 smaller 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 immigrants 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 department’s 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., 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 with 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.