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Depok to map places, people for Islamic preaching target
Included in the map are entertainment spots as well as a list of ustadz (Muslim preacher), hajj pilgrims, majelis taklim [Quran study congregations] and Islamic boarding schools.
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epok in West Java is recruiting volunteers to monitor places and people in its efforts to map potential targets for dakwah (Islamic preaching).
Include in the map are entertainment spots as well as a list of ustadz (Muslim preacher), hajj pilgrims, majelis taklim (Quran study congregations) and Islamic boarding schools.
Depok Mayor Mohammad Idris said the map was necessary to keep the city’s preaching program right on target.
“The dakwah map shall be filled with many elements, including the types of dakwah, educational background [of the listeners], etc.,” Idris said on Friday in Depok as quoted by Antara news agency.
He said other elements that should be included in the map were the trajectory of dakwah, for instance in facing ideological challenges, thus, there had to be alternative programs to tackle that.
The Depok branch of the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) secretary Khairullah Ahyari said that the dakwah map, of which the MUI branch would in charge, would be implemented in the form of any drawings inscribed on a map that include all subdistricts.
“For instance, in Sawangan subdistrict, we would know how many ustadz there are, as well as people who have gone on the hajj, majelis taklim, Islamic boarding schools and people within the productive age,” he said.
Khairullah added that entertainment places such as karaoke would also be listed by the volunteers so that specific sermons could be adjusted by the local ustadz.
“If there are [people] who lack aqidah [creed], we would recommend that aqidah topic as the focus [in that particular area], or other material needed,” he said. (sau)
