VIDEO: Exclusive, Nasaruddin Umar: Istiqlal Mosque 20 Percent For Worship, 80 Percent For Empowering The People
JAKARTA - The ideal mosque is not only a place of worship that is divine. But it can be optimized for the empowerment of the people. According to Prof. Dr. KH. Nasaruddin Umar, MA, as the Chief Imam of the Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, which took place in the mosque he leads now, 20 percent of the mosque functions as a place of worship and 80 percent of the mosque as a place of empowerment of the people. This is the function of the mosque in the time of the Prophet Muhammad SAW.