Indonesia’s mosques app up to connect with Muslim communities
Two Indonesian tech startups, Masjeed and Masjidku, are spearheading efforts to help Indonesia's 900,000 mosques establish an online presence to reach their communities.
Masjeed provides the location of nearby mosques and a feed of their various events and programs. Users can also share their thoughts about sermons. Masjeed only has around 1,000 registered mosques on its network so far.
Masjidku co-founder Muchdlir Johar Zauhariy was inspired to build his own app when he and the company's co-founders realized that many mosques wanted to go digital but had limited funding and virtually no expertise. The Masjidku app is similar to Masjeed in that users can find and connect with local mosques.
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