•••• The atmosphere in the mosque DPW Indonesian Islamic Propagation Institute (LDII) Lamgugop Aceh region, District of Syiah Kuala, after prayers tawarih on Tuesday night last week, looked crowded. Rows of cars and motorcycles crammed into the parking lot.
Crowds of boisterous children play with their friends in the yard of the mosque. While in the mosque, their parents and other worshipers solemnly listening to a lecture delivered by a cleric.
The scene is a routine that took place at the LDII Mosque of Aceh, especially during the holy month of Ramadan. LDII cadres with the local community always crowded the mosque. Especially entering the last ten nights of Ramadan, the intensity of worship increasingly improved.
"LDII Aceh conducts various activities during this Ramadan. Among others, boarding a flash for elementary school students, junior high school, and college students for ten days, "said Ustaz Yunus, preachers (teacher) in Masjid LDII Aceh.
He explained, for elementary school students are given pengajian Iqra and tahfidz Alquran. While the advanced level given materials about the interpretation of the Koran and the Hadith as well as reviewing some books.
"What we examined included some books about the laws of how young people alive today can follow the rules of Islam, which then have to fit with government regulations in Aceh," said Yunus, last Tuesday.
He added that other routine activities held during Ramadan are open together and giving compensation for orphans. Lastly, welcoming the last ten nights of Ramadan this, he added, it also carries out iktikaf or silent in the mosque to get closer to the divine.