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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sailani" data-source="post: 6723608" data-attributes="member: 228334">Two : Sunaku's Discovery :"The more I read about Islam, the more I increased in faith and understanding" I lived a calm, secure life and was nurtured by my mother who took to raising me alone after the death of my father. All means of happiness and security were made available to me. However, since my childhood, I was never truly happy, and I was often overwhelmed by a sense of anxiety. I tried to overcome these feelings by working hard at my studies and traveling around the world as a tourist, but my anxieties persisted until I finished my secondary education and traveled to England to study English. “ A goal which you seek by your Lord does not hesitate, and a desire which you seek by yourself is not easy” During a school holiday, I traveled with one of my Japanese friends to Jordan. My friend had visited the country before, and she arranged for us to stay with a Jordanian Muslim family. I found their lives very practical and organized, while their house was very clean. I was impressed by the strong family bonds that joined them and their sense of civil responsibility. There was sincerity and mutual trust between them that I had not noticed elsewhere. The husband of the family worked to earn the family's income while the wife maintained the house and appeared content and happy with her job. I sensed that this was the happiness that I was missing, and I realized that my image of Islam was inherently wrong. I had no idea of the reality of Islam as I had never known Muslims before. My image of them was based merely on what I saw on the news, and thus I ignorantly felt that they were a violent people concerned only with money and oil. I judged Muslim women to be victims of gender persecution at the hands of their husbands. After my trip to Jordan, I decided to study Islam to learn its true message. When I returned to Japan, I visited the Islamic Center of Tokyo and requested a Japanese translation of the Qur'an and a book on the life of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). I continued to visit the center and study Islam with scholars of Japanese, Pakistani, and Arab nationalities until I realized that Islam was in fact the Truth.My belief that Allah is the sole Creator and Sustainer of the universe had become unflinching, and the more I read about Islam, the more I increased in faith and understanding. I discovered that Islam in fact improved the status of women and freed her intellectually from objectification. I soon realized that my previous image of Muslim women was distorted, while in fact Islam offered a lifestyle that I had previously only dreamt of living. After six months of study, I decided that I must become Muslim, thus I declared my conversion and soon became content and resolute in my new faith. I began to pray the daily prayers and fast the month of Ramadan. Allah gave me the ability to memorize some of the smaller chapters of the last part of the Qur'an. I was attracted by the Arabic language when I first heard it, and so I decided to learn this beautiful language. I spent some time learning Arabic in the Islamic Center of Tokyo, and later I would move to Egypt to continue my Islamic studies at an institution affiliated with al-Azhar University and specifically my Arabic studies at a language institute for non-native speakers.I pray that Allah uses me and my story to guide others to the Light of Islam, the greatest gift that one can ever receive.  Endnote : We recall with many thanks to Allah Taala that in early 1980s that we met by accident with Prof.Abu Huraira San of Japan who was seconded to University Pertanian Serdang that time when he wanted to register the Malaysia Japan Friendship Society with Raja Nong Chik as its founder president. He also teach karate to UIA students and build a japanese cultural center somewhere in Bangi. Since then, many japanese muslims in Malaysia were regroup and refreshed by his untiring service and wisdom.We dedicated part of our Dailin Nur Institute programmes to the study of comparative japan/zen philosophy and islam. My sister in law Normah Ahmad San who was graduated from Hiroshima Univerisity and now teach japanese language in University Technology Mara of Shah Alam add more colors to our strange cross cultural insights. Shinkantazan. Satori tea cups. Hekigan roku Shoken. Moon in a dew drop by Master Dogen available at Kinokuniya KLCC US16.00. Hope you can discover Shichi Kakusi soon at our west lake tatami teahut.</blockquote>

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