A study conducted by the General Authority for Islamic Affairs and Endowments on the preferred languages ​​of the Friday sermon revealed that 93% of respondents in Friday's Friday sermon in the state do not prefer to listen to it in Arabic.

The study, announced by the Chairman of the Board, Dr. Mohammed Matar Al Kaabi, during a meeting held by the Federal National Council yesterday, to discuss the policy of the General Authority for Islamic Affairs and Endowments on the guidance and guidance, that 55% of the individuals surveyed want to be delivered in Urdu, % In Hindi and Bengali, 8% in English, 7% in Arabic, and 18% in other languages.

During the meeting, the council called for increasing the salaries, incentives and privileges of imams and imams to encourage citizens to engage in these professions. He also recommended the necessity of securing state mosques with surveillance cameras and providing them with all the other security means necessary to avoid tampering with mosques.

The Federal National Council held its fifth session of the 16th legislative session in the presence of the Minister of Education Hussein Ibrahim Al-Hammadi and the Chairman of the General Authority for Islamic Affairs and Endowments Dr. Mohammad Matar Al-Kaabi.

The members asked five questions, including two questions answered by the Minister of Education, while three questions were postponed to a future meeting to apologize to the Minister of State for Higher Education and Advanced Skills, Dr. Ahmed Balhul al-Falasi, for not attending.

In response to a question about maintaining the safety of students in the kindergarten stage, Al-Hammadi said that the transfer of students is in accordance with the security and safety standards and the requirements of the Ministry of the Interior. The transfer of children was set at 8:00 am. There is a supervisor who receives and receives students. With the latest standards issued by the Ministry of Interior. There are surveillance cameras inside and outside the bus. As for fog and rain, there are traffic rules that are applied in the country according to the best international standards.

As for the question of the integration of the Jalila Primary School and the Secondary Secondary School (Benin), the minister said that the village school was established in 1979 and was assessed as unfeasible because of the age of the building. These schools serve the two areas. In order to achieve the same level of education as the students in the rest of the schools. The new classrooms and laboratories were equipped, stressing that the educational environment has become more interactive, suitable, attractive and attractive.

The Council also discussed the policy of the General Authority for Islamic Affairs and Endowments in the matter of guidance and guidance, after the members approved the final report of the Islamic Affairs, Awqaf and Public Utilities Committee in the Council on the subject, which included a number of basic observations, the most important of which is the restriction of religious preaching and guidance in three languages, Arabic, English and Urdu), considering that this number is insufficient in light of the cultural diversity in the country, stressing the importance of circulating the interpretation initiative of the Friday sermon that has been applied in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi to all mosques in the state to make the proper use of the Friday sermon.

The Committee's report concluded that there is a weakness in the Emiratisation and employment policies of the Commission, which is reflected in the low number of imams, muezzinians and muftis, which, according to the report, is due to the weakness of incentives, rewards and privileges granted to them.

The Council approved the adoption of eight recommendations contained in the report of the Committee, which included the need to secure state mosques with surveillance cameras and provide them with the necessary security means to avoid tampering with the property of mosques or exploiting them from violators or criminals.

The Council recommended the need to develop an electronic system that helps to follow up the endowment revenues and to prepare training and training programs for human cadres in the field of endowment investment.

He called for increasing the salaries, incentives and privileges of imams and muezzins to encourage citizens to engage in these jobs. He stressed the need to prepare specialized academic programs in Islamic legal studies and prepare memorandums and agreements of cooperation with media institutions to promote and promote religious functions among citizens.

The Council concluded that the Abu Dhabi experience should be translated into the interpretation of the Friday sermon to include all mosques in the various emirates of the country and to build an integrated cultural program for non-Muslim groups to familiarize them with the values ​​of moderation, moderation and tolerance of Islamic principles. , The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA), the Higher Committee for Tolerance and concerned institutions to develop their guidance and guidance strategy and action plans.

The Council also recommended the preparation of a program of action for the modernization and development of religious lectures, sermons, sermons and religious programs, both in their religious content to be more relevant to contemporary social issues and developments in social life, or in the means of conveying this content to those targeted.

The Council called for specific timetables for the completion of maintenance work in mosques, the rapid conversion of all temporary mosques and "caravans" to permanent mosques, and also recommended plans to increase centers of memorization of the Koran.

For his part, the head of the General Authority for Islamic Affairs and Endowments, Dr. Mohammad Matar Al Kaabi, said that the Authority has achieved pioneering results in the annual reports of business performance during the last seven years after having implemented all the strategic plans adopted according to the available financial budgets. To assess its performance during the period from 2010 to 2017, was distinguished by 97.18%.

Al-Kaabi said that the Commission contributed to the increase in the percentage of religious awareness in the society to 89.3%. The percentage of the society's happiness was about the role of the Authority in enhancing family cohesion to 94.7%, while the percentage of the society's happiness in spreading and consolidating the values ​​of tolerance and acceptance of others was 79.8%.

He added that the research studies confirmed that the percentage of worshipers of mosques in the country amounted to 94.9%, and the percentage of the happiness of the dealers about the services of memorizing the Holy Quran 90%, and the percentage of dealers about the service of providing fatwas through different channels 87%, while the proportion of pilgrims' Hajj is 94.7%.

On Friday, Al-Kaabi said that the Friday sermon is translated into English and Urdu and uploaded weekly on the official website of the Authority, pointing to a study conducted by the Commission on the languages ​​desired by the respondents to the Friday sermon. Followed by Hindi and Bengali by 12%, English by 8% and Arabic by 7%.

3 Thanks

The Federal National Council (FNC) yesterday delivered three expressions of thanks and appreciation on behalf of the people of the Union to His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, on the occasion of 50 years of giving and creativity in the service of the nation and the publication of his valuable book, "My Story", and the launch of the new national policy for vital housing communities.

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