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NTT. Peletakan batu pertama pembangunan Masjid Taman Surga Meluwiting disambut hangat oleh warga Desa Meluwiting di Pulau Lembata, Nusa Tenggara Timur (06/09). Tidak hanya warga muslim saja warga katholik di Desa itu pun menyambut baik pembangunan tempat Ibadah umat muslim ini.
Saat ini Desa Meluwiting belum memiliki masjid, masjid yang terdekat disana berjarak sekitar 5 km. Warga muslim di Pulau Lembata ini memang termasuk golongan minoritas, hanya 30% dari 125.000 penduduk disana yang beragama Islam.
Suasana yang berbeda dapat kita temui di Desa Meluwiting ini, walaupun warga muslim disini termasuk minoritas namun masyarakat katholik di desa tersebut sangat mendukung pembangunan masjid. Warga disana bersedia bergotong-royong membantu pembangunan tersebut.
Sehari-hari aktivitas warga disana bekerja sebagai petani, sehingga perekonomian disana pun tergolong rendah. Faktor ini juga yang menjadi salahsatu alasan belum adanya bangunan Masjid.
“Alhamdulillah Yayasan Masjid Nusantara (YMN) dan RZ mendapat kesempatan untuk membangun Masjid di kawasan Timur Indonesia yakni di Nusa Tenggara Timur. Sungguh banyak pengalaman yang baru dan luar biasa mendengar cerita dari warga muslim disana. Semoga dengan hadirnya Masjid Taman Surga Meluwiting nanti bisa membantu warga muslim disini dalam beribadah.” sambut direktur YMN, Hamzah Fatdri.
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NTT[:en]NTT. Laying the first stone to build Masjid Taman Surga Meluwiting was warmly welcomed by the residents Meluwiting village Lembata Island, East Nusa Tenggara (09/06). Not only Muslims, Catholic residents in the village were also welcome the construction of Muslim worship place.
Currently Meluwiting village does not have a mosque, the closest mosque around the area is about 5 km. Lembata Island Muslims is indeed a minority, only 30% of the 125,000 residents.
A different atmosphere can be found in Meluwiting village, although Muslims there are minority but the Catholic community in the village supports the construction of mosque, residents there willing to cooperate to help the development.
Most of the people there work as farmers, so that the economy there is relatively low. This factor also becomes one of the main reasons for the lack of mosque building.
“Alhamdulillah, Yayasan Masjid Nusantara (YMN) and RZ have the opportunity to build a mosque in eastern Indonesia, namely in East Nusa Tenggara. There are a lot of new experiences and incredible story from Muslims there. Hopefully with the presence of Masjid Taman Surga Meluwiting can help the Muslims here in worship, ‘said director of YMN, Hamzah Fatdri.
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