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The Advancing of Diversified Global Society and Career in Japan Japan’s population is decreasing year by year. It is said to be a “declining birthrate and aging society” with few young people and many elders. This declining birthrate and aging population cause the decreasing of the working-age population which led to the increasing demand for labor from outside Japan. In …

Abstract This article advances the notion of “Polar Islam” to describe the birth and structuring of Muslim communities in Russia’s Arctic cities. It does not assert that Arctic conditions have created an entirely specific Islam; most of the features attributed here to “Polar Islam” can easily be found in other regions of Russia. Yet the climatic conditions, remoteness, and heavy …

In the final episode of the Candid History series, Dr. Stef Keris presents a history of Islam in South America with an overview of the colonial past in those regions. This episode explores the following themes and subjects: ✔ The history of British, French and Dutch Guyana ✔ The Spanish and Portuguese conquests of South America ✔ The development of …

Today, there are officially 204,000 Muslims recorded in Brazil. Most Brazilian Muslims are concentrated in the states of São Paulo, Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul and Rio de Janeiro. They make up the largest Muslim community in Latin America. Some say, the figure is dialled down to blanket the practice of Islam in the country and label the religion as …

Islam was introduced in Crimea with the Mongol invasion of Rus’ in the 13th century. What happened was that in 1241, Genghis Khan’s grandson, Batu Khan, conquered the region establishing Mongol rule. However, over the upcoming decades, the region, which spread from Eastern Europe to the Korean peninsula, began to fragment. The western portion was ruled by a confederation of …