The foundation stone was laid for the Sheikh Zayed Mosque and Cultural Centre in N'Djamena, Chad. Built under a UAE-Chad agreement, the mosque will accommodate 10,000 worshippers and include a library and school, while the cultural centre will host classes and community programmes.
According to Kanoongo, around 500 Hindu children are allegedly being taught the Quran and other Islamic studies, sparking allegations of a conspiracy to convert them to Islam.
The seminar was presented by Fakhruddin Mangunjaya, Head of the Islamic Studies Center at the National University of Indonesia, and Mukhlis Muhammad Hanafi, Director of the Branch Office of the Muslim Council of Elders in Indonesia.