Research Article

Japanese Knowledge about Muslims from the Meiji Restoration to Today: Islamic World in the Context of a Trans-National Space

Volume: 6 Number: 1 July 14, 2020
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Japanese Knowledge about Muslims from the Meiji Restoration to Today: Islamic World in the Context of a Trans-National Space

Abstract

In this study, interaction/relationship of Japanese people with Muslims from Meiji period to the present day will be illustrated. Japan in modern time, which became a regional power, began to have direct relations with Muslims and obtained more accurate information about Islam in a way quite different from its premodern practices. The victory in the 1904-05 the Russo-Japanese War caused Japan to be an imperial power and to expand its sphere of influence in East and Southeast Asia. So, Muslims were assumed as tributary assets of this expansionist policy, especially those in China and Russia until 1945. It is worth noting that a pool of knowledge blended with political arguments against Muslims was formed in Japan before World War II. Japanese, who built the country from scratch after the heavy defeat in World War II, used the prewar data and human resources on Muslims in the Middle East to advance scientific studies and to restore peaceful official diplomatic relations with them in postwar time. However, all religious and political terms used against Muslims such as “Kaikyō” or “Kaikyōto” before and during the war were rejected in this respect due to the war trauma left in state memory.

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Primary Language

English

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Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

July 14, 2020

Submission Date

April 17, 2020

Acceptance Date

June 11, 2020

Published in Issue

Year 2020 Volume: 6 Number: 1

APA
Levent, S. (2020). Japanese Knowledge about Muslims from the Meiji Restoration to Today: Islamic World in the Context of a Trans-National Space. Cihannüma Tarih Ve Coğrafya Araştırmaları Dergisi, 6(1), 163-176. https://doi.org/10.30517/cihannuma.722035
AMA
1.Levent S. Japanese Knowledge about Muslims from the Meiji Restoration to Today: Islamic World in the Context of a Trans-National Space. Cihannuma. 2020;6(1):163-176. doi:10.30517/cihannuma.722035
Chicago
Levent, Sinan. 2020. “Japanese Knowledge about Muslims from the Meiji Restoration to Today: Islamic World in the Context of a Trans-National Space”. Cihannüma Tarih Ve Coğrafya Araştırmaları Dergisi 6 (1): 163-76. https://doi.org/10.30517/cihannuma.722035.
EndNote
Levent S (July 1, 2020) Japanese Knowledge about Muslims from the Meiji Restoration to Today: Islamic World in the Context of a Trans-National Space. Cihannüma Tarih ve Coğrafya Araştırmaları Dergisi 6 1 163–176.
IEEE
[1]S. Levent, “Japanese Knowledge about Muslims from the Meiji Restoration to Today: Islamic World in the Context of a Trans-National Space”, Cihannuma, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 163–176, July 2020, doi: 10.30517/cihannuma.722035.
ISNAD
Levent, Sinan. “Japanese Knowledge about Muslims from the Meiji Restoration to Today: Islamic World in the Context of a Trans-National Space”. Cihannüma Tarih ve Coğrafya Araştırmaları Dergisi 6/1 (July 1, 2020): 163-176. https://doi.org/10.30517/cihannuma.722035.
JAMA
1.Levent S. Japanese Knowledge about Muslims from the Meiji Restoration to Today: Islamic World in the Context of a Trans-National Space. Cihannuma. 2020;6:163–176.
MLA
Levent, Sinan. “Japanese Knowledge about Muslims from the Meiji Restoration to Today: Islamic World in the Context of a Trans-National Space”. Cihannüma Tarih Ve Coğrafya Araştırmaları Dergisi, vol. 6, no. 1, July 2020, pp. 163-76, doi:10.30517/cihannuma.722035.
Vancouver
1.Sinan Levent. Japanese Knowledge about Muslims from the Meiji Restoration to Today: Islamic World in the Context of a Trans-National Space. Cihannuma. 2020 Jul. 1;6(1):163-76. doi:10.30517/cihannuma.722035

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