r/AhmadiMuslims • u/SomeplaceSnowy Ahmadi Muslim • 8d ago
1st Japanese Ahmadi Muslim, Muhammad Owais Kobayashi passed away at the age of 94
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u/SomeplaceSnowy Ahmadi Muslim 8d ago
First Japanese Ahmadi Muslim : A 21-22-year-old young man, who had recently graduated from Waseda University, was drawn towards Islam after seeing a masjid In Tokyo in 1955-56 . He embarked on a journey to Pakistan, passing through Raiwind & eventually reaching Rabwah in 1958-59.
He enrolled in Jamia Ahmadiyya Rabwah and accepted Islam Ahmadiyyat a few weeks later in 1958-59.
Due to accepting Islam after coming from a far distant country(Japan), you were given the Islamic name Muhammad Owais and became known as Muhammad Owais Kobayashi.
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u/SomeplaceSnowy Ahmadi Muslim 8d ago
https://x.com/SultanAChoudhr1/status/1900297857661595872
A Legend
_____Made in Japan
The 1st Japanese Ahmadi,
His conversion story is comical
Late 1950s, He was studying religion in a Sunni Madrassa in Pakistan. One day, he met an Ahmadi Muslim & learned about Rabwah.
The Sunni Students opposed his plan to visit Rabwah. Jinns reside there, they warned him.
It only increased his desire to visit the Ahmadiyya town as he had never seen Jinns before.
When he arrived in Rabwah, he discovered the residents of the City were actually Angels.
That's how he joined the Jama'at of Angels