Taki Takazawa, if seen from its name already be known that he is Japanese. With characteristic long hair and a body full of tattoos, making it look like a member of the Japanese mafia gangs, the Yakuza.
He is a former tattooist for members of the most feared gangs in Japan. Working as a 'tattooist' it has done for 20 years.
But a negative outlook on its physical appearance is changed when he declared Azan. Takazawa now become Imam at a mosque in the capital city of Tokyo. After saying the two Shahada, the Muslim name Abdullah Takazawa use, which means servant of Allah SWT.
He inadvertently menhenali Islam in Shibuya district. Takazawa see someone with white skin and beard. The man was also wearing a shirt and a white turban.
"The man gave a paper and told me to read the sentence inscribed with him," he said as reported by the website islamicmovement.org.
It is the confession, the confession on the lonely Allah and Muhammad as his messenger. Although not understand overall, Takazawa never heard cursory Allah and Muhammad. Like most people in Japan, before embracing Islam Takazawa menganutaliran Shinto beliefs.
Meeting with the white berserba it is still in memory Takazawa. Two years after converting to Islam, he met again with the man who became his inspiration. "He never became Imam at Masjid Nabawi in Medina, Saudi Arabia. I am grateful to be able to meet him," he said.
Imam Masjid Nabawi it asks Takazawa to become Imam at the mosque in the Shinjuku area. He has performed the pilgrimage and studying a few months in the city of Mecca. Takazawa name became famous and he became one of five major mosque imam in Japan.
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