| Aziz Idris |
ISLAMIC Mind Muhammadiyah, an educational app developed by Bruneian tech company Mindplus Education, was recently launched in Indonesia.
Mindplus Education and Muhammadiyah, one of Indonesia’s largest Islamic organisations, jointly launched the Islamic educational platform at the University of Muhammadiyah Cirebon (UMC) Watubelah last month.
The project was initiated after both companies signed the memorandum of understanding last year agreeing to use Muhammadiyah’s Islamic educational platform with the application to be developed by Mindplus Education.
The application is now available on Google Play for the Indonesian market and will soon be accessible around the world.
Key features of the application pertain to the fundamental matters of religious education, which was checked by the Muhammadiyah ‘Tarjih’ and ‘Tarjid’ departments.
During the Islamic Mind launch. – PHOTOS: MINDPLUS EDUCATION
Mindplus Education Pte Ltd CEO and Co-founder Pengiran Khairi bin Pengiran Haji Metussin, centre, with his Indonesian counterparts at the launch of ‘Islamic Mind Muhammadiyah’ application
Present at the ceremony were Ahmad Dahlan, Cirebon PDM Chairman; H Zulkarnain, West Java PWM Muhammadiyah Chairman; HM Goodwill Zubir, Chairman of Muhammadiyah and Pengiran Khairi bin Pengiran Haji Metussin, CEO and Co-founder of Mindplus Education Pte Ltd.
“The presence of an Islamic application like this is very appropriate and important as a means to exchange information and Islamic values,” said Dahlan. “This is also an effort to reduce the negative impact of globalisation.”
Meanwhile, the CEO and co-founder of Mindplus Education said that the Islamic Mind is a project with a vision to make Islamic content that can be accessed by all Muslims in the world.
“This is one great milestone and progress for our company, in cooperation with Muhammadiyah. The application will benefit Indonesia’s Muslim population,” said Pengiran Khairi. “Access to the application is free; it’s on Google Play and will be in other platforms in the future.”
“The educational development of world Islamic learning requires cooperation from various parties, foundations, organisations and people to make this vision become a reality,” he added.
Muhammadiyah is known globally for charity efforts, including education, throughout Indonesia.
The organisation runs 234 colleges and more than 137,000 schools in Indonesia. In the health field, Muhammadiyah operates 448 hospitals or clinics.
MindPlus Education branched into Indonesia about nine months ago to look for more opportunities in the Islamic learning field in the country which has the largest Muslim population in the world.
The company had won several awards including the Ignite Open Category 2012, Brunei ICT Awards 2012, Brunei ICT Awards 2013 and the Asean ICT Awards 2013.
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