Yasato Muslims Graveyard Project (YMGP)
Send your donations to the following Money Account
Post Office Account No. 00190-4-464463
Name : P.S.A.J. Nihon Pakistan Ryugakusei Kyokai
1. Background of the Project
Population of Muslims is increasing in Japan year-by-year. Many of them have married with Japanese nationals and thus have become permanent residents of Japan. But, still a huge population of Muslims is staying in Japan for few years. A man can die any time and a space for his burial must be available in the place of his residency. In Japan, burying the dead bodies was common but they stopped this practice many years ago. Today, a special permission is required to for burial. Only few graveyards have this permission.
Japan Muslims Association is having the Muslims Graveyard in the Yamanashi prefecture and they sell the piece of land for burial for about 1 million (100 maan) yen. Just close to that facility another facility was made available, a few years ago, by the efforts of a committee, and a small piece of land was purchased inside a Buddhist graveyard in the ENZAN town of the Yamanashi Prefecture. This small piece was thought to be good for the burial of 20 persons. Till April 2005, about 28 Muslims have been buried in it and there is no more space to bury a Muslim in it. Last year, a temporary arrangement with the ENZEN Budhist Graveyard administration has been settled that now whenever a muslim’s body will be brought for burial an agreed upon amount per grave will be paid to them. So, technically speaking we are not having any Muslims Graveyard in Japan. By the term “Muslims Graveyard” we mean that a place that has been bought by muslims and then donated (waqf) for the muslim community for their use. Let’s work for this project and contribute in “sadqa-e-jariya”. We Muslims must gather our resources to provide a bigger space having better facilities?
2. Yasato Muslims Graveyard Project (YMGP) Proposal
Yasato Town is located in the Ibaraki prefecture and it takes about 30 minutes to reach there from the Tsukuba Mosque. The nearest highway exit to Yasato Town is Ishioka on Joban Highway.
Road
Map of the site
3. Procedure for burial
One will have to get the
(a) Death certificate from a hospital,
(b) Submit the death certificate along with the “Application for Permission of Burial” to the City Office of the deceased, and
(c) Submit the “Permission for burial” to the Muslims Graveyard Manger for official record.
That is all and it is in accordance with the Japanese Laws. No doubt that one has to observe the country’s laws.
For ‘ghusl (last bath)’ and ‘salat-e-janaza’, one can use Tsukuba Mosque (a free big Car Parking facility is available), and then the dead body can be taken for burial to the proposed site of the graveyard.
Tsukuba
Mosque has a big car parking and all facilities for "ghusl" and "salat
janaza"
4. Area of the site
Proposal ‘A’: About 450 plots (kukaku) of 3.3 m2
Proposal ‘B’: About 148 plots (kukaku) of 3.3 m2
5. How many graves can be made?
The project was originally prepared by the Executive Committee 2003-04 of the Tsukuba Muslims Residents Association (TSUMRA)/Tsukuba Mosque. Two proposals were submitted to the Saudi Arabian Embassy, as detailed below:
Proposal ‘A’: More than 500 graves
Proposal ‘B’: More than 150 graves
His Excellency the Ambassador of the Saudi Arabia, Sheikh Wali, visited the proposed site on Feb. 13, 2004.
6. Cost of the Project
Proposal ‘A’: JY 70,000,000 (7,000 万円)
Proposal ‘B’: 148 plots @ 15万円 = 2,200万円
After further discount = 2,000万円
Construction of facilities = 750万円
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Total for Proposal ‘B’ = 2,750万円
Construction of facilities includes a boundary wall, drainage pipe facility and construction of Public Toilets.
His Excellency the Ambassador of Saudi Arabia, Sheikh Wali, visiting the Yasato Graveyard site on 2004/2/13 with Tsukuba Mosque members
Another view of the Site
8. For further details, please contact:
1. Dr. M. Imran Al-Haq 090-1816-2900 [Urdu, English] Kashiwa, Chiba
2. Mian Shabbir 090-2633-2616 [Urdu, Japanese] Mito, Ibaraki
3. Mohammad Nadeem 090-8506-2729 [Urdu, Japanese] Tsuchura, Ibaraki
4. Dr. Latiful Bari 090-9643-8911 [Bangali, Japanese], Tsukuba, Ibaraki
5. Ahmed Nabawy 090-9318-5075 [Arabic, English] Muslims Students Association Japan (MSAJ)
6. Dr. Tarek Merabtene 090- 9395-0989 [French, Japanese, Arabic, English] Tsukuba Mosque
7. Tauseef Aizad 090-4209-3328 [English, Urdu] President, Pakistan Students Assoc. Japan (PSAJ), Tokyo
8. Javed Khan Niazi 090-9677-6307 [Urdu, Japanese] Tsukuba, Ibaraki
9. Mehr Ashfaq 090-7639-3984 [Punjabi, Japanese] Tsukuba, Ibaraki
10.
Meeting amongst Saudi Arabia Embassy, Manger of the graveyard, fudosan, Project Co-ordinator (Dr. Imran Al-Haq)
Send your donations to the following Money Account
Post Office Account No. 00190-4-464463
Name : P.S.A.J. Nihon Pakistan Ryugakusei Kyokai
Tsukuba Muslims Residents Association tsumra
MSAJ Units in Various Areas of Japan Units