The Jakarta Islamic Study and Development Center (Jakarta Islamic Center) is an institution that was established in the former Kramat Tunggak Resocialization Location (Lokres), Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta.
Lokres Kramat Tunggak is the name of a Women's Work Social Institution (PKSW) for the Lotus Harapan Kramat Tunggak, which is located on Jalan Kramat Jaya RW 019, Tugu Utara Village, Koja District, North Jakarta Municipality. The area precisely occupies an area of 109,435 m2 consisting of nine Neighborhood Associations (RT).
Kramat Tunggak (kramtung), not only famous in Indonesia, but also well-known throughout Southeast Asia as the biggest snack center for the masher. At the beginning of its opening in the 1970s, there were 300 WTS with 76 pimps. This number continues to grow with increasing months and years.
By the end of the closing of the Kramtung Lokres in 1999, the number reached 1,615 WTS under the care of 258 pimps/pimps. They live in 277 units of buildings which have 3,546 rooms. This means that this localization grows and develops rapidly which eventually creates new problems for the people in the surrounding environment and at the same time the image of Jakarta which cannot be separated from its history as a Betawi culture which is very identical as an Islamic community that is open, multicultural, tolerant, and loves Islam very much. as the main identity of their culture.
This condition has led to unrelenting pressure from scholars and the public to close the Teratai Harapan Kramat Tunggak Women's Work Social Home (PKSW). The existence of this growing pressure was finally carried out by the Social Service together with the University of Indonesia to determine the extent of public rejection of the PKSW Teratai Harapan Kramat Tunggak.
From the results of this research, in 1997 it was recommended that the Lokres be closed. In 1998, the Decree of the Governor of KDKI Jakarta was issued No. 495/1998 concerning the closure of the social institution by the end of December 1999. On December 31, 1999, Lokres Kramat Tunggak was officially closed through the Decree of the Governor of the KDKI Jakarta No. 6485/1998. Furthermore, the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government acquired land for the former Kramat Tunggak Lores.
After being released, many ideas emerged about the location of the former Kramat Tunggak, there were those who proposed the construction of a trading center (mall), offices and so on. However, Governor H. Sutiyoso had another idea, namely to build an Islamic Center. A brilliant idea that unites other groups that were originally different.
In 2001 Governor Sutiyoso held a Brainstorming Forum with all elements of society to find out the extent of community support for a proposed change. It turned out that on 24 May 2001 the support was getting stronger. The idea to build the Jakarta Islamic Center (JIC) was put forward by Governor Sutiyoso to Prof. Azzumardi Azra (Rector of UIN Syarif Hidayatullah) in New York on the sidelines of his visit to the United Nations on 11-18 April 2001 and received a very positive response.
After continuous consultations between the community, scholars, practitioners both on a local and regional scale and even internationally it was finally realized in a master plan for the construction of JIC in 2002. Then in order to strengthen the ideas and ideas of JIC development, in August 2002 a comparative study was conducted at the Islamic Center in Egypt, Iran, England and France. In the same year, the JIC Organization and Management was formulated. The presence of JIC turned out to be something very phenomenal as a product of a strategic and monumental era.
In order to meet the great ideals of Muslims who are dependent on the Jakarta Islamic Center, the Governor's Decree No. KDKI was issued. 99/2003 concerning the Establishment of the Organization and Work Procedure of the Jakarta Islamic Center for Islamic Studies and Development (Jakarta Islamic Centre). Subsequently, in April 2004, the Management Agency for the Jakarta Islamic Studies and Development Center (Jakarta Islamci Centre) was appointed/inaugurated through the Decree of the Governor of KDKI Jakarta No. 651/2004.
But furthermore, the presence of JIC will not only turn black soil into white, or just a mosque, but more than that, JIC is expected to be one of the central nodes of Islamic civilization in Indonesia and Southeast Asia, which is a symbol of the revival of Islam in Asia and the world.
Sunnah.
