responsibility for the. scientists are a step closer to curing the abode of virus after a successful clinical trial in the democratic republic of congo the latest outbreak has killed 1800 people in the past year india supreme court says the government needs more time to restore order in indian controlled kashmir the court has been hearing a petition against india's move to strip the disputed region of its autonomy and revoke special rights millions of kashmiris have been forced to stay indoors for a 9th day without phones television or the internet. the death toll from india's monsoon floods has risen to $202.00 as heavy rain continues to hit coastal regions in the west and south nearly half of the deaths have occurred in the state of carolina which was the worst hit. well those are the headlines on al-jazeera do stay with us rather to hodge is coming up next. billions of workers a big life in the british india. satellite technology

is now helping to set them free. land of the rising sun. a nation of contrast where modern technology and time honored culture co-exist side by side. japan remains a traditional society with strong social hierarchies. but many traditions are under pressure as a younger generation turn to outside influences and ideas.

here in this predominantly buddhist society islam is taking root among some japanese some of whom will be journeying to mecca for the annual has pilgrimage. was the was. the hustle and bustle of daily life in japan's capital tokyo the muslim call to

prayer can be heard each day in a few corners of the city. there are about. 50 mosques in japan. and there are some $100.00 most on love or communal prayer rooms like this one in the tokyo suburb of cite. it was built more than 15 years ago by bangladeshi muslim workers many of whom made japan their home. the young man here on the left is the only ethnic japanese member of their congregation . his name is kusa he's 26 years old and lives about 2 hours outside of tokyo. who is the only child in his family and lives with his parents. often only homely innocently tokenistic killed thanks but you look at them when i. do what i

said about the question that i set up so you feel in your bullshit look at this sort of thought that they're watching us and that they must join us in the joining and i got. like most japanese who sign was brought up in the spiritual traditions of shinto and buddhism. shinto is the indigenous religion of japan and throughout history it has provided the backbone of japanese culture. the shinto faith reveres nature there are no sacred icons or books and no group worship instead followers draw their dates he's from nature worshipping the rocks trees wind and sun. after the 2nd world war shinto suffered a setback when the emperor was forced to renounce his divinity as the living god. but while a sense of religion may have decreased after the war many japanese still profess

their belief in both shinto and good as. the japanese are an intensely private people especially when it comes. to matters of religion.

someone said on the height of my phone to call you on the strength to call because i'm on the look out of them what the most stunning to me a body you know what about not going to hide on like. one of the going to hide on the bottom of the box out of the way just like that but i saw. what i saw your jaw to to scale so much so you know i knew she was going to see a lot of play in the contest as you know that some will to a bias toward us but suppose. one of those who helps better understand islam is a riddle can now we who this year will be helping to take the hushed pilgrimage to mecca then she said look we have more illusion before riddle came on the scene few if any it has pilgrims from japan made it to mecca. or new stuff surely

hollywood one of them on the moon. is going on business is going to. listen you can feel. not good to listen you can feel the nasty doctor cost. illmatic at my satchel offishness and. hit the button for almost 2 amish muslimeen more fish had the right. for to man a pleasant happy penny less an adult you have the bottle any body could have. believes. there is a will to do the riddle is egyptian and was a lawyer in cairo before he came to japan in his twenty's. he worked for a travel agency and decided to branch out to form his own agency to take care of japanese muslim pilgrims. oh it was an uphill struggle from the start made all the

more difficult when the saudi authorities said they did not believe him a mismanagement removal a ban on women as men and if we had given him a fortune to muslim we have been going to an ira allison and i have been me and i handled in syria been here well it's now been a silly one more of a glib and unknown can go our separate mazower what winter should look mostly. now mismanagement mean. we have to worry there's a mat on food. sometimes when you are done bruce seizure sticks about 3 hours

sometimes take 2 involves sometimes. like last year. i most and had to stay. in the same seat. for 16 hours. rebel persisted in his quest to help pilgrims from japan to mecca. 5 years on the travel agency he set up is one of only 2 registered companies that have been sanctioned by the saudi government to organize pilgrimages for japanese muslims. over the years riddle has managed to increase the number of muslim pilgrims from japan performing the has. his goal is that the majority of these pilgrims will be ethnic japanese. now taking about 90 percent to 40 minutes. of unease. to make it obvious it. is to make a 90 percent or asian of the japanese and maybe 99 percent duration of japanese and

one percent for what it. is a birth of their own. is as small as simply massive bill had to go to jail and want to ban that it. means you want the people to go to have you meet as a nun and globe and then. be his burden on with the group but i can feel we can do it. to be a good. woman. and then let each one of the in. y. show him could his explain it to him well she must. feel and i know personally she . if she had a look at the law go ahead. will be

a yes or through me. a supreme being a. must. for leyton had in mind not to blame islam him. a little blue mcdonough mostly with. islam is gradually establishing itself in japan. converts like abdullah tuckey are pioneering the way. smack in the middle of tokyo's infamous red light district in kabuki cho is a little apartment that has been converted into a communal prayer room 36 year old abdullah talking leads the prayers here. when he was younger he was into body piercing but now he finds a new way to express himself.

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in recent decades the japanese have been exposed to other religions both orthodox and orthodox that differ from shinto. is still considered relatively unfamiliar. but in recent years young japanese men like. talking have been drawn to words that . works in a gadget shop in central tokyo his introduction to islam came unexpectedly. on the brink you'll see a little more but it's on all congo almost all my days and it wasn't. good june then good. because you know that i'd much. rather see a time of. a sort of motion with a single whole month that will go to a monster not in must a single clicking me what. sort of scenario the group sent him into the fund i

must. own will come in your new home will go to some of the must so when you're home with a card that enough on your. mother about us me talking to the most honest and about the mother from what you said i make you and then you go out on the other. side on the q and on the morning i said so this. was it was just doing the city in 2006 after spending many years reading up on islam and going to the mall.