Some Muslims in Japan condemned on Monday the United States and Britain for launching strikes on Afghanistan, saying they are tantamount to terrorist acts and not backed by clear evidence linking the country to the terrorist attacks in the U.S. last month.

Hussain Khan, 68, a Muslim preacher in Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture, said the retaliatory strikes are "U.S. acts of terrorism."

Khan, the chairman of a Pakistani residents' association in Japan, said the Japanese government lacks understanding of the "deep-rooted history between Muslim countries and the U.S. as well as Europe."