Preaching from the Digital Pulpit
Religious preaching has moved from real-world study groups to social media. Videos of religious sermons and lectures are watched by tens of millions of people. Internet technology can fill in the gap for traditional scholars.
Tempo
June 20, 2018
MIRA Andriani stopped what she was doing and rushed to Az-Zikra Mosque in Sentul, Bogor, West Java, to attend the religious study group of Abdul Somad Batubara on Tuesday two weeks ago. The distance from her home in Parung, also in Bogor, West Java, to the Az-Zikra Mosque is about 30 kilometers. "I had just found out about the schedule from a WhatsApp group," said Mira at the mosque.
Somad was leading religious study gatherings at that mosque mana
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