Facilitate Sensory Disabilities, Ministry Of Religion Launches Al Quran Read Guidelines

People with visual disabilities show Al Quran guidelines to visitors during Ramadan Show at the Ministry of Religion Building, Jakarta, Monday (1/4/2024). (ANTARA/Asep Firmansyah)

JAKARTA - Lajnah Pentashihan Mushaf Al Quran The Ministry of Religion (Kemenag) launched a guidebook for reading the Koran. This book is intended for people with visual sensory disabilities to make it easier to learn the Al Quran.

"This is a learning model for those with special needs in the eye sector, so that they can easily learn the Al Quran in the Qur'an which is written in the text of fire," said Secretary General (Secretary General) of the Ministry of Religion M. Ali Ramdhani in Jakarta, Monday, April 1, quoted by Antara.

The launch of the Qur'an script reading guide coincided with the Al Quran For All-themed Ramadan Show which was held at the Thamrin Ministry of Religion Building, Jakarta, April 1-3, 2024.

Dhani said the Ministry of Religion wants the Al-Quran to be accessible to all parties, without exception. This indicates that the Ministry of Religion is an agency that provides inclusive services to the people.

According to him, the presence of the Qur'an is beautiful and the guidebook is presented by the Ministry of Religion of the Republic of Indonesia not only for Indonesian Muslims, but for the world's Muslim community.

"Because sign language and braille is an international reading method," he said.

Head of Balitbang Diklat Kemenag Amien Suyitno said that the Al Quran had indeed been printed and distributed for a long time, but not many people knew about how to read.

Thus, the launch of the Al Quranist guidebook is expected to provide wider access and reduce the illiteracy rate of Al Quran in Indonesia.

"We already have a model two, yes, there is a model in the form of hardcopy, some are softcopy on Android. We can see both of them later on the Pusaka application," he said.

According to him, the guidebook, called Iqro'na, was prepared at the request of the community, especially people with visual disabilities, so that the government would make a book on the Al Quran fire learning method.

"As can people who can see (awas) who have the Qiroati method, iqra, and many other methods," he said.

In its preparation, he said, LPMQ involved experts and practitioners such as the Indonesian Blind Association, Yaketunis Yogyakarta, Penyantun Foundation Wyata Guna Bandung, and a number of other institutions.

"Iqro'na is arranged as easily as possible to be studied and compiled in full starting from the introduction of hijaiyah letters, to the reading of ghorib," said Suyitno.