Famous Japanese Muslim scholar and intellectuals, guided many Japanese to Islam

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Prof. Dr. Hassan Ko Nakata, famous Japanese Muslim scholar and intellectuals, guided many Japanese to Islam.

Dr. Nakata was born in Okayama, Japan, in 1960. He converted to Islam in 1979 and adopted the first name of “Hassan", after he studied Islam while he was student at university.

In the past thirty years Ko Nakata has had a rich and diverse academic career. He graduated from the Department of Islamic Studies at the University of Tokyo, completed his PhD in Islamic Philosophy at Cairo University in 1992-1996.  In 2003 he joined the Faculty of Theology at Doshisha University. He was the deputy director of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies for Monotheistic Religions at Doshisha University from 2003-2008.

Dr. Nakata has published and translated many Islam books and academic texts, he is also a community activist and sits on the board of directors of the Japan Muslim Association.

Photo: Dr.Hassan Ko Nakata attends a news conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo in January 2015. photo by Kyodo.

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bless him. semoga beliau dirahmati dengan segala kebaikan dunia dan akhirat.