Indonesian Islamic school launches ride hailing app
JAKARTA – A company born out of an Islamic school in Indonesia has launched its own ride hailing app that it says already has close to 40,000 customers.
The Buroq app launched by PT Buroq Sakti Terbang in September already has around 38,000 customers and 2,500 drivers, the company told Salaam Gateway. It currently operates in a few cities in different parts of Java, including its home base Kediri, as well as in Malang, Surabaya and Jakarta.
The app came out of Universitas Wahidiyah in East Java, which is part of the private Sufi-leaning Wahidiyah Islamic school system that also includes 100 kindergartens, 50 elementary schools, 20 junior high schools, 12 senior high schools, 12 Islamic boarding schools and 900 cooperatives.
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