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        "id": 1189214,
        "msgid": "ri-pushes-plan-for-oics-islamic-village-1447893297",
        "date": "1995-06-21 00:00:00",
        "title": "RI pushes plan for OIC's Islamic village",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "RI pushes plan for OIC's Islamic village JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia is proposing the creation of an international Islamic village, which will function as a cultural, education and economic center for member states of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC). The idea was introduced yesterday by Edi Kowara, head of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry's (Kadin) Middle East Committee, during the fifth anniversary of the Jakarta-OIC Economic Consultative Forum.",
        "content": "<p>RI pushes plan for OIC's Islamic village<\/p>\n<p>JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia is proposing the creation of an<br>\ninternational Islamic village, which will function as a cultural,<br>\neducation and economic center for member states of the<br>\nOrganization of Islamic Conference (OIC).<\/p>\n<p>The idea was introduced yesterday by Edi Kowara, head of the<br>\nIndonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry's (Kadin) Middle East<br>\nCommittee, during the fifth anniversary of the Jakarta-OIC<br>\nEconomic Consultative Forum.<\/p>\n<p>At yesterday's luncheon, Edi called on the ambassadors of OIC<br>\nmember states to support the formation of an International<br>\nIslamic Foundation, which would then establish the village.<\/p>\n<p>The proposed village will have houses and buildings that have<br>\nIslamic characteristics and designs. It will also be used for<br>\nactivities such as art and culture exhibitions, and for<br>\neducation, Edi said.<\/p>\n<p>Muchrim Hakim, executive chairman of Kadin's Middle East<br>\nCommittee, revealed that two cities in West Java, Pandeglang,<br>\nabout 100 kilometers west of Jakarta, and Sukabumi, about 100<br>\nkilometers south of Jakarta, are being proposed for the site.<\/p>\n<p>He said that Moslem conglomerates, along with the ambassadors<br>\nof OIC states, would be the founders of the village, estimated to<br>\ntake up 500 hectares to 1,000 hectares of land.<\/p>\n<p>\"If Taman Mini has 27 houses, then this could have 52 houses,\"<br>\nMuchrim said, comparing the Islamic Village, which would<br>\nrepresent the 52 OIC members, to the Indonesia in Miniature Park<br>\n(Taman Mini) in East Jakarta.<\/p>\n<p>Muchrim hopes President Soeharto will announce the<br>\nestablishment of the village at the same time that Indonesia<br>\nhosts the sixth Islamic Trade Fair in October 1996.<\/p>\n<p>Separately, Palestine's ambassador to Jakarta Ribhi Y. Awad,<br>\nsaid yesterday the village was \"an ingenious and creative idea.\"<\/p>\n<p>\"In principle we are supporting, and we are with, this<br>\nproposal,\" he said. (mds)<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/ri-pushes-plan-for-oics-islamic-village-1447893297",
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