Dr. H. Achmad Sutarmadi, Jamaat Need Data Collection

How does the role of the mosque at the time of the Prophet Muhammad first?

At the time of the Prophet and the Companions, the mosque is used as a place to discuss various issues, whether it's a matter of religion, politics, state and others.Even the art is also discussed in the mosque. If we look at the present time, if the empowerment of the mosque like that just considered weird. The mosque now it seems just as a place of worship and religious, just a place of prayer, tarawih, chanting, and then go home congregation. Therefore Council of Mosques Indonesia wants to empower the mosque as the Prophet being grown again. Obviously in good packaging.

The function of the mosque was actually how?

Look, there are two functions as a place of worship and the worship of pure or mahdhah ijtimaiyyah or social worship. So if anyone still has an opinion that the mosque as a place of worship only pure, hopefully later will get it.

Looks like the current Council of Mosques are trying to change people's understanding that this is more regard for the mosque as a place of worship?

It is. Just think about how we need more religion we are developing. If we look at the Medina or Mecca for example, the mosque's not just as a place of worship.

Is this also behind the Executive Council of Mosques Indonesia (DMI) to make the Network Information / Board Da'wah and Guidance Ummah?

Yes it is. In a position like this now, we expect the mosques, at least the mosques that have large information networks with the outside world and with society. In addition to functioning as propaganda, mosque can also be utilized in the field of business. The mosque that was a gathering place for many people. So for example if there are kiosks (kiosk) or cafe (internet cafes) it will be better known by the public.

If a mosque used as a place of business, whether he also pointed out that?

Yes, but of course the situation time of the Prophet was and is now different.

What other background so that the PP DMI wants to make the mosque as a place of business?

Actually this is already long, but nothing works there is not. Parent Cooperative for example we have the People's Welfare (IKU) Council of Mosques.

Is this getting a good response from the managers of the mosque?

For example yesterday when the first dam Dialogue Forum Workshop Information Network Mosque, the participants welcomed the planned establishment of information networks, kiosks and cafes this. We're here to discuss how to troubleshoot software and hardware. Currently, the technical team has been formulated in more detail. Maybe we will be more improved by conducting such training. And the mosque is actually some already have experience and have tried, for example, participants from Surabaya and also from the Salman Mosque, Bandung. Yesterday we had to make cooperation with Telkom, create a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and Letter of Intent (LoI) for example with Compaq and I2.

But what may be more empowering mosque with activities like this given the state of our society is currently experiencing a crisis and concern?

That is our thinking. How the grassroots level, we try to revive them not despair, we find a way. For example, in an area, look for experts, and then discuss what the most appropriate business for the people.

What benefits can be felt immediately that the people with activities like this?

Of course, pilgrims will be facilitated for communication. If there is a cafe for example, could facilitate its business, could also send a missionary. Currently we have programs such as the Qur'an, the Sunnah and Islamic history. Currently our team is working hard to make this.

The plan, the mosque which will be the initial target information and business networking activities in this mosque?

As an initial step is the mosques in the provincial capital. For example, already offers 300 yesterday Jakarta mosque. At least in the first experiment, there are about 500 to 1,000 mosques. This will be discussed by the technical team involving experts from the Council of Mosques, Compaq, Telkom, I2. Mosque in Surabaya and Salman also helped.

In this case who the executor?

DMI is like his think tank, thinker. While we expect the board-executive board mosque itself. We plan to later this is the organization that handles the mosque, the mosque is not a manager. So there is a full-time managing the mosque. So not only the remnants of the time, the remnants of energy and mind to take care of the mosque. During this instance, it never occurred to the registration or data collection worshipers at the mosque. Later we would expect there is a way.

Is the time of the Prophet there used to be like this collection?

That is known, so that if the Prophet mosque then shook hands with him to know.Now it's not, let alone the big mosques, had never met. We see the letter Ali Imran verse 200 in which is said to increase patience, do not easily provoked, for example. Also mentioned bind themselves to each other. I think this rope bind themselves together with the data collection. So that later we will come to light such as the number of pilgrims still there are 200 people. This year how poor, how rich, how smart that was. The next year will be at the data again, is there any progress?So the manager knows the condition of the people of the mosque.

If so, the manager of this mosque is really required professional?

I said earlier, that they should be managing, not just administrators. If this board only takes care of it all. But if the manager of the mosque, he really knows how to manage the mosque for the people.

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