Mosques Play An Important Role In Raising People's Awareness Of Obeying Prokes

Deputy Chairperson of the Central Sulawesi MUI Prof H Sagaf S Pettalongi MPd/Photo: Antara

PALU - The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) of Central Sulawesi Province stated that mosques can be functioned to build awareness of the people to comply with the COVID-19 prevention health protocol, along with the increase in COVID cases. "Mosques have a strategic role in society in social life. one of them is to build awareness and change the mindset (mindset) of the people, to care about preventing the transmission of COVID-19," said Deputy Chair of the Central Sulawesi MUI, Prof H Sagaf S Pettalongi MPd, contacted from Palu, Thursday 10 February. , is a response to the Circular Letter of the Minister of Religion Yaqut Cholil Qoumas Number 04 of 2022 concerning the Implementation of Worship/Religious Activities in Places of Worship During PPKM Level 3, Level 2, and Level 1 COVID-19.

This circular was issued as a guide for stakeholders and religious communities in carrying out worship/religious activities and implementing the 5M health protocol in places of worship during the PPKM. cases of COVID-19 in the country recently. So, said Prof. Sagaf, the circular is not to prevent religious people, including Muslims, from carrying out worship in places of worship. Therefore, said Prof. Sagaf, the mosque as a house of worship for Muslims which has such a wide function, can be used as a center or center for the spread of COVID-19 information and education, to increase people's awareness of the implementation of the COVID-19 prevention program stream is functioned, mainly to increase insight, mentality and character, one of the goals of which is to assist the government in dealing with social problems, such as the current COVID-19 pandemic," he said. 3,563 mosques and 1,210 prayer rooms in various typologies. Prof Sagaf who is also the Chancellor of UIN Datokarama Palu assessed that if all syara employees in thousands of mosques played an active role in socializing COVID-19 prevention through the role of mosques, a communal awareness would be built in preventing the virus.