Muhammadiyah

                          Mitsuo Nakamura 　　　　　　　　 20 November, 2016                                    Tokyo, Japan TAMU = “Talk with Muslims” TAMU (= acronym for “Talk with Muslims”) Project launched recently by the Japan Foundation is inviting 7 (seven) Muslim young men and women from Southeast Asian countries to Japan to engage in dialogue with Japanese young men and women. The project is aimed at countering the rise of Islamophobia in Japan by promote the understanding on Islam among the Japanese counterpart. They will present the moderate and peaceful nature of Islam as it is believed and practiced in Southeast Asia. Several scholars of Islamic studies of Japan, including Dr. Mitsuo Nakamura, Professor Emeritus of Chiba University and Dr. Ken Miichi, Associate Professor of Iwate Prefectural University, in collaboration with Prof. Dr. Azyumardi Azra CBE of UIN Jakarta, Dr. Ahmad Najib Burhani of LIPI/Muhammadiyah and Mr. Ahmad Suaedy of Ombudsman RI/Wahid Institute, from the Indon