Turkish secularism finds its expression in Japan Turkish secularism finds its expression in Japan Turkish secularist force leaves no chance to make their attack on Islam inside the country in the name of the preservation of secularist status.
Any Islamic institution seems to be a threat to the spirit of secularism.
Their latest onslaught on Islam has been manifested in their attempt to sell the land of Tokyo mosque land. Tokyo mosque and its adjoining land is the heart of the Muslim community there. It is a collective asset belonging to the whole of Japanese Muslims of which the Turkish embassy gained trusteeship by an accident of history. Turkey has since gone through many changes of government, some sensitive to domestic and overseas problems of Muslims and others less so. Turkey's present secular government is apparently as unconcerned about Islamic sentiments and aspirations of the Muslim community in Japan as it is contemptuous to its own.