JAKARTA - Minister of Religion (Menag) Nasaruddin Umar said the Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta and the State Mosque of the Capital of Nusantara (IKN) in East Kalimantan Province (Kaltim), are twin mosques as the center of national religious activities.
"Istiqlal Mosque and the IKN State Mosque are twin mosques," said Minister of Religion Nasaruddin Umar in Penajam, Sunday, in the midst of a series of visits to IKN, quoted by Antara.
"Any science that is received at the Istiqlal Mosque is the same as that received at the IKN State Mosque," he added.
The presence of the Minister of Religion Nasaruddin Umar is the first step in the synergy of management between the Istiqlal Mosque and the IKN State Mosque as a center for national religious activities.
The Ministry of Religion (Kemenag) will present various programs, he said, including scholarships for the education of ulama cadres for the people of East Kalimantan and a program to broadcast religious studies that will be broadcast live and connected between the Istiqlal Mosque and the IKN State Mosque.
"Education for Indonesian ulama cadres in the eastern part of the IKN State Mosque and in the western part of Indonesia at the Istiqlal Mosque," said the Minister of Religion, the religious study program is shown alternately and broadcast live from Jakarta and IKN.
The Minister of Religion carried out a series of worship activities, in addition to the five daily prayers, also Friday prayers and Tarawih prayers at the IKN State Mosque with the people in the area.
"Mosques have a strategic role, not just as a place of worship, but as a center for empowering and educating the community, a symbol of unity for the community, a big house for humanity," said the Minister of Religion.
"Educational and religious programs in IKN will develop as a new civilization center," he continued, including strengthening interreligious tolerance in one region.
The Minister of Religion also planted trees, broke the fast together, handed over the Al-Quran mushaf assistance and gave two tons of dates to a number of stakeholders at the IKN, ending with a visit to the State Palace and a number of other locations at the IKN.
"The IKN State Mosque is a center and a spiritual learning space open to the public," said the Minister of Religion, while strengthening IKN to grow as a physically advanced city, and to become a city that is loved and missed by the community.
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