In Japan, an imam at the Kobe Mosque, in his sermon, advised Muslims not to take part in Japanese New Year celebrations, countdowns, and traditions such as giving money to children on New Year’s, calling them “haram.”
Videos of this sermon went viral on social media. After that, the controversy grew. People accused the imam of calling the Japanese New Year extremely abhorrent and of insulting Japanese culture.
When the video went viral and heavy outrage spread in Japanese society, the mosque administration came on its knees to apologize.
Is this genuine repentance, or an attempt to calm the opposition?
The question is: why are such sermons given in the first place when an apology has to be issued once caught?
But the truth is also that the same poison is mixed behind closed doors.