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        "id": 1671346,
        "msgid": "baznas-ri-opens-options-for-humanitarian-programme-collaboration-with-staco-libya-1775901046",
        "date": "2026-04-11 15:41:57",
        "title": "Baznas RI opens options for humanitarian programme collaboration with STACO Libya",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "Indonesia's National Zakat Agency (Baznas RI) is exploring international collaboration with Libya's Shaikh Tahir Alzawi Charity Organisation (STACO) to expand humanitarian efforts, including aid for flood survivors in Libya and support for Muslim communities worldwide such as mosque construction in Brazil and refugee assistance in Sudan. The partnership aims to extend beyond domestic initiatives to global Islamic issues, with initial steps focusing on coordinated disaster relief and potential joint projects in education and religious infrastructure. STACO also proposes establishing a strategic partnership to host Indonesian students at its forthcoming Imam Sheikh Thahir Alzawi University in Libya, fostering long-term educational ties.",
        "content": "<p>Jakarta (ANTARA) - Indonesia\u2019s National Zakat Agency (Baznas RI) is\nopening opportunities for international collaboration with the Shaikh\nTahir Alzawi Charity Organisation (STACO) from Libya in the field of\nempowerment programmes up to planned collaboration in humanitarian aid\ninitiatives. \u201cWe are very pleased, very happy to hear how our friends in\nLibya have excellent programmes to help Libyan society and also Muslim\ncommunities in other countries,\u201d said Baznas RI Chairman Mokhamad Mahdum\nin his statement in Jakarta on Saturday. Mahdum mentioned that STACO is\ninviting Baznas RI to synergise not only limited to domestic aid but\nalso targeting a broader humanitarian vision. STACO, he continued, is\nspecifically inviting Baznas to collaborate in addressing issues faced\nby Muslim communities in various parts of the world, such as mosque\nconstruction in Brazil, aid for flood disaster survivors in Libya, and\nassistance for refugees in Sudan. As an initial concrete step, his side\nwill soon follow up on humanitarian aid for flood disaster survivors in\nLibya through coordination with STACO. Baznas is also opening broader\ndiscussion spaces at the leadership council level to explore potential\ncooperation in the education sector and religious infrastructure\ndevelopment, as has been done by STACO in various countries. \u201cWe have\nthe principle that birds of a feather will perch on the same tree. So if\nwe have good intentions, the same intentions, insyaallah it will be very\neasy for us to collaborate,\u201d he said. He emphasised that every\nhumanitarian challenge faced by the global Muslim community is a\ncollective responsibility that demands borderless collaboration.\n\u201cHumanitarian issues, Muslim community issues are shared problems, we\nshould solve them together, not individually,\u201d Mahdum stated. Meanwhile,\nChairman of the Board of Directors of STACO, Salem Abdulsalam ElArabi\nRamadan, said his side is inviting Baznas RI to synergise in\nhumanitarian movements, particularly in post-disaster handling for flood\nrefugees in the city of Derna in Libya. He also offered collaboration\nfor developing educational infrastructure for Indonesian students in\nLibya. In its plan, STACO will establish Imam Sheikh Thahir Alzawi\nUniversity, scheduled to start operating next year, complete with\nintegrated student dormitory facilities to unite the Indonesian student\ncommunity that has previously been scattered in various areas such as\nTripoli and Zliten. \u201cThese programmes are ideas that, with detailed\ndiscussions, may turn into real and concrete projects. We propose\nsigning a strategic partnership to accept Indonesian students in Libya\nevery year so that there is sustainability forever,\u201d said Salem\nAbdulsalam ElArabi Ramadan.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/baznas-ri-opens-options-for-humanitarian-programme-collaboration-with-staco-libya-1775901046",
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