🇯🇵 Japan
A kindergarten introduced Islamic prayer practices to young children as part of multicultural education.
Children were taught how Muslims pray and made mosque models from clay.
Supporters call it cultural education.
Critics call it religious indoctrination.
Question:
At what point does education become indoctrination?
🇯🇵 The Council of Imams in Japan have put out a statement condemning "discriminatory statements against Muslims in Japan".
The statement claims that Muslims play a fundamental role in Japanese society, are peaceful, wish to co-exist. It also repeats numerous times that criticizing Islam or Muslims should not be acceptable.
I think one of the biggest issues most Japanese people are realizing here is the complete inability of Muslims to simply accept that they might in the wrong. They simply can't police their own side. Instead of accepting the criticism and doing something about it they point the finger at Japanese people and "online misinformation".
All these types of statements are doing are increasing opposition to Islam in Japan.