Comments by "Yo2" (@yo2trader539) on "What’s it like being a Muslim in Japan ?" video.

Pre pandemic, 10 million foreign tourists each year. They get stared at because we need to know if they are suicide bombers.
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This is the dumbest thing ever. Everybody has fridges and freezers in any country. Nobody is gonna die from eating pork unlike in the middle-eastern desert climate in the 7th century. The essence of any religion is not about what you can or cannot eat, I presume.
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Quite a few Japanese citizens have died on 9.11, as many Japanese financial institutions had their NY offices in the WTC. Others have died in terrorist attacks in Tunisia and Algeria. So it would be silly to claim there is no anti-Muslim negativity in the minds of Japanese. Japanese Counter-Intelligence has dedicated divisions to monitor against radical Islamic threats in Japan. That said, we also don't allow uncontrolled migration. So only the educated ones from Muslim countries are allowed to live in Japan, which is why Japan is relatively safe compared to other parts of the world. And not all Muslim countries are treated in the same way in terms of work/student visas. Obviously somebody from Southeast Asia, East Turkestan/Xinjiang, Central Asia (and Russia too), will be treated differently from Muslims from Middle-east and North Africa in terms of visa policy because the threat-level is very different. The first Muslims to arrive in Japan in a large group were the Kazan Tatars after the Russian Revolution. They were well-educated and part of the upper-echelon of Russian society at the time (who felt unsafe to stay in Russia because they historically sided with the Tsar.) The Kazan Tatars weren't dogmatic like Middle-eastern Muslim, to be fair. They were hard-working and adjusted to life in Japan well, which is why the Tatars left a very good impression. They were the ones who built the first Mosques in Japan. The fact they spoke Tatar/Turkic helped them to learn Japanese quickly as well.
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The many Tatar familes who fled to Japan after the Russian revolution were the first Muslims. They were hard working secular people who were mindful about integrating with Japanese society. They were respectful to Japanese laws, cultures, and customs, so they well liked. People who can't integrate will be hated by any society.
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