Quran Distribution Complex Site Launched in Malaysia’s Putrajaya

IQNA – The site to build the Nasyrul Quran (the distribution of Quran) Complex and a waqf fund to buy printing papers needed to produce the Quran was launched by the Malaysian prime minister in Putrajaya on Wednesday.

The cost to build and equip the complex with printing machine is at RM60 million.

Prime Minister Najib Razak said it was only right for the complex to be built in Putrajaya since it is the administrative center of the government.

"As a government, our policies and decisions will be guided and based on the principles of the Quran," he said.

The construction of the Nasyrul Qutan complex, to be built in two phases, is scheduled to be completed within 18 months.

Under the first phase, the construction will start with the printing plant equipped with printing machine and other related equipment that will take between six and eight months to be completed.

The rest of the complex comprising exhibition galleries, skill training spaces, meeting rooms, surau, cafeteria, printing viewing gallery, administration and management office will be ready before the end of next year.

This project is being carried out by the government and the Restu Foundation with the support from the Prime Minister's Department, Finance Ministry, Home Ministry, Putrajaya Corporation, Malaysia Islamic Development Department (Jakim) and the Federal Territories Islamic Council.

The complex has the capacity to be the second largest production center of Quran in the world.

On the waqf fund, it will need about RM5 million annually to buy printing papers to produce the Quran.

The complex is expected to produce one million copies of the Quran annually and its printing plant has the capacity to produce three million copies.

Quran with translations in several languages including in English, Chinese, Bahasa Malaysia, Khmer, Thai, Russian will be produced by the center.

Efforts are also being made to have translations in Tagalog, Iban and Tamil.

The prime minister also witnessed the handing over of RM25 million allocation to 116 "sekolah pondok (traditional religious schools)" as what he had announced in the 2015 budget.

The allocation will be used to develop and maintain education facilities at these religious schools.

Source: nst.com.my