"The museum will have a collection of publications as contributions from various ulemas, including manuscripts or Islamic heritages in Jakarta," Chief of the Center for Islamic Study and Development at the Jakarta Islamic Center KH Shodri said in a statement released on Monday.
The museum will reflect the development of Islamic civilization in Jakarta and will hopefully become a picture of Islamic progress in Indonesia, he said.
He further said his side had decided to cooperate with the Islamic Art Museum Louvre of France to build the museum because it had a lot of experience in the management of good museum.
"The museum will serve as a window of knowledge and confirmation of Islamic characteristics in the capital so it must have good governance," he said.
The construction of the museum which will be built on the JIC compounds will be completed this year, he said.
Chief of social welfare development at the Jakarta social service office, Heri Suhartono expressed the hope that the cooperation with the Islamic Art Museum Louvre of France will be fruitful because it has a lot of experience. (*)
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