MAKASSAR — A total of 50 administrators of Kolaborasi Masjid Pemberdaya (KMP) Sulawesi Region (the Sulawesi Region Empowerment Mosque Collaboration) were officially inaugurated on Sunday (18/7/2023). The inauguration of KMP took place at Masjid Cheng Hoo Auditorium, Tanjung Bunga, Makassar City.
Prof. Dr. H. Arifuddin Ahmad, M. Ag. was appointed as General Chairman to lead KMP Sulawesi Region. This activity was attended by all members of the Regional KMP management spread across several regions in South Sulawesi. On the same occasion, a working meeting was also held which became the basis for the implementation of program pemberdayaan masjid (mosque empowerment programs) in South Sulawesi in particular, and mosques in Sulawesi in general.
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Dompet Dhuafa through the KMP Program has a vision of Masjid Pengentas Kemiskinan (the Poverty Alleviation Mosques) by making the mosque a comfortable place of worship, da’wah center, education center, ummah fund management center, and community empowerment center.
Attending this activity were the Central KMP management represented by Ustaz Andi Juliani as Chairman of the National KMP, Ustaz Kusnadi Ikhwani as Chairman 1 of National KMP, Ustaz Imam Alfaruq as Secretary General, and Kiai Muhammad Jazir as the National KMP Board of Trustees.
In his speech, Chairman of KMP Sulawesi Region, Prof. Arifuddin Ahmad said that this is the time for the mosque to fulfill its promise to the congregation and the community, that the mosque is a place where victory can be reached, like when the call to prayer was chanted hayya’alal falah.
In the near future, the management of KMP Sulawesi Region will implement their work programs ranging from social programs, charity and poverty alleviation, education, law and advocacy, environment, youth regeneration of mosques, and partnership programs.
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Also present at the inauguration of the KMP Sulawesi Region management, the Governor of South Sulawesi represented by the Division Chairman of Education of South Sulawesi Province, H. Iqbal Najamuddin, SE. Then from the Makassar City Government represented by the Head of the Makassar City Kesra Division Mr. H. Muhammad Syarif, S. STP, M. Si. As well as from elements of the Indonesian Ulama Council (MUI) South Sulawesi, Prof. Dr. H. Muhammad Galib, M., M. A., there was also the Chairman of the Indonesian Mosque Council or who represented, Prof. Dr. H. Natsir Siola, M. Ag.
They expressed their appreciation for the existence of KMP in South Sulawesi, and were ready to collaborate to prosper mosques in South Sulawesi in particular. (Dompet Dhuafa)