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The One Mosque One Library Movement has named Maros Regency in South Sulawesi as the first area to designate a mosque not only as a Muslim holy place but also as a means to empower the community.

"This is a concrete manifestation of making Maros Regency a literacy district," said Maros Regent A.S. Chaidir Syam at the Community Literacy Index Improvement (PILM) activity of the National Library of Indonesia with the Alumni Association of the Indonesian Mosque Youth Communication Agency (IKA-BKPRMI) in Maros, Friday, (9/6/2023).

This movement, added the Regent, must be fought for because the library is currently not only used for reading but also for activities. With the existence of a library at the mosque, it is hoped that bright ideas will be born from the community who continue to read after worship.

According to a release received by Voice of Indonesia on Friday, the Head of the National Library, Muhammad Syarif Bando, emphasized that the library is an open learning place for the community, assisted by the active role of librarians.

He also added that the holy book Al-Qu'ran commands reading because by reading humans can master knowledge, so they will avoid the threat of ignorance and poverty.

“Reading is not the point. Because after finishing reading, the next process is that humans are ordered to carry out or convey what we know based on the books they have read, "explained Syarif Bando.

Meanwhile, Deputy for Information and Development of the Indonesian National Archive Archive System (ANRI) Andi Kasman added that from mosques or Islamic boarding schools, people will get religious knowledge that is able to build human resources (HR) who have strong and pious characters. .

"The mosque as its function, namely as a place for ubudiyah (worship), tarbiyah (education), and ijtima'iyah (social)," he explained.

It is believed that the One Mosque One Library Movement will run optimally if it creates easy access to reading materials (accessibility). However, according to a literacy activist from South Sulawesi, Bachtiar Adnan Kusuma, currently only the reading movement dominates. Meanwhile, the writing movement is still abandoned.

“The culture of reading and writing is in line with each other and cannot be separated from one another. And no civilization lasts forever unless it is written down," he said.

At the last opportunity, Main Librarian of the National Library, Abdullah, said that the mosque community consists of two components, namely users and administrators of the mosque.

"To foster a love of literacy in mosques, real innovative action is needed from the administrators," he said//VOI