Alhamdulillah, Ex-BLBI Assets Are Ready To Function As Ulama Cadre Center Under The Management Of The Istiqlal Mosque

JAKARTA - The government through the Minister of Finance, Sri Mulyani, decided to provide one of several assets of former Bank Indonesia Liquidity Assistance (BLBI) for the benefit of Muslims in the country. According to the Minister of Finance, the assets are in the form of land and buildings in Central Jakarta with an area of 1,107 square meters.

"This asset is in a very strategic location in the Central Jakarta area, the area is quite large, namely 1,107 square meters with a value of IDR 7.73 billion", she said during a virtual press conference, Thursday, November 25.

In his statement, the state treasurer explained that these assets were channeled through the Ministry of Religion to then be optimized by the Istiqlal Mosque Management Agency (BPMI).

"The asset will be given to the Ministry of Religion, in this case, is the Istiqlal Mosque Management Agency or BPMI which will be used for the education of ulama cadres", she said.

One thing that pleased the Minister of Finance was BPMI's commitment to encouraging the presence of female clerics who had so far been less dominant in the national arena.

“This is a form of government support to build strategic programs, especially female clerics. I am a happy woman. We hope that the efforts made can strengthen the function of the Istiqlal Mosque as a religious center in providing reinforcement and enlightenment", she said.

For information, the Ministry of Religion is one of several ministries and institutions (K/L) that received this first batch of BLBI asset grants with a total of IDR 146.5 billion.

Meanwhile, another institution that accepts the same thing is the Bogor City Government in the form of land and buildings with an area of 103,290 square meters worth IDR 345.7 billion.

In total, property assets at this inaugural handover event totaled IDR 492 billion, which is a manifestation of 426,605 square meters of land and buildings.