The Brunei Darussalam Mosque Construction Fund was established as a permanent platform for Muslims to reap Allah's blessings by contributing towards the construction of mosques. Yesterday morning, a Short Message Service, SMS was launched for the fund. The event was held at the Ministry of Religious Affairs Annexe building.
The launch was officiated by Yang Berhormat Pehin Udana Khatib Dato Paduka Seri Setia Ustaz Haji Awang Badaruddin bin Pengarah Dato Paduka Haji Awang Othman, Minister of Religious Affairs as Chairman of Brunei Darussalam Mosque Construction Fund Collection and Withdrawal Committee. Also in attendance was Pengiran Dato Seri Paduka Haji Mohd Tashim bin Pengiran Haji Hassan, Deputy Minister of Religious Affairs. Up to February 2023, $29,019,404.24 have been collected by the Brunei Darussalam Mosque Construction Fund.
Donations can be sent to the fund via short message service or SMS for nine months by typing MASJID followed by 1, 5, 10, 15, 20, 50 or 100 without space and send to telephone line 38111 for DST and Progresif subscribers and 39999 for Imagine subscribers. Since its establishment, 3 construction projects, 3 maintenance and 1 building extension projects have been implemented with total expenditure of $7,640,026.94.
Source: Radio Television Brunei