Ministry Of Religion Prepares Rp6.9 Billion For Mosques And Musala, Check Out Terms Of Get Help

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JAKARTA - The Ministry of Religion through the Directorate General of Islamic Community Guidance (Directorate General of Islamic Community Guidance) will distribute operational assistance for mosques and prayer rooms in areas affected by COVID-19 for the 2021 fiscal year. The total assistance to be distributed is Rp6.9 billion.

Director of Islamic Religious Affairs and Sharia Development (Urais Binsyar) Moh. Agus Salim said the budget consisted of Rp6.2 billion in assistance for mosques and Rp700 million in assistance for prayer rooms. The amount of operational assistance that will be given is Rp20 million for each mosque and Rp10 million for each prayer room.

Agus said this operational assistance could be used by takmir and mosque/musala administrators to meet the needs of implementing health protocols and accelerating the handling of COVID-19.

"For example, for the provision of 5M health protocols such as the provision of handwashing sanitation, masks, hand sanitizers, disinfectants, and body temperature measuring devices as well as other COVID-19 prevention facilities. This includes payments for electricity, water, and community development needs carrying out online," he said, in Jakarta, Saturday, August 28.

Agus said this assistance was given as a form of government support and presence to takmir and administrators of mosques and prayer rooms in handling the COVID-19 pandemic. He hopes that the operational assistance distributed can be a stimulant for the takmir of mosques and prayer rooms to serve the people optimally during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Agus said the COVID-19 pandemic had an impact on temporarily limiting and eliminating worship activities and the obligation to implement health programs. This certainly affects the operational burden for takmir and administrators of mosques and prayer rooms.

Assistance application requirements and procedures

Head of Sub-Directorate of Mosques and Directorate of Islamic Religious Affairs and Sharia Guidance Abdul Syukur explained that there are several requirements and procedures for requesting assistance that must be met by takmir and administrators of mosques and prayer rooms.

"One of the requirements is that mosques and prayer rooms must be registered with the Ministry of Religion's Mosque Information System (SIMAS), have a bank account in the name of the mosque and prayer room, and be affected/located in areas exposed to COVID-19," Abdul Syukur explained.

There is also a document requesting assistance addressed to the Minister of Religion through the Director-General of Islamic Guidance/Director Urais Binsyar. The document is then uploaded by the applicant to the https://simas.kemenag.go.id/page/permohonanbantuan page.

Requests for assistance, continued Abdul Syukur, must be submitted online no later than 12 September 2021. To find out more information, you can directly visit Instagram @bimasislam.

"All systems and submission mechanisms will be carried out online, as an effort to digitally transform assistance management in the Islamic Community Guidance," he said.