The Minister of Islamic Affairs, Call and Guidance, Sheikh Dr. Abdullatif bin Abdulaziz Al Al-Sheikh, inaugurated yesterday the electronic portal of the ministry’s branch, the “Trasul” program for electronic transactions, and the smart mosque project, as part of the ministry’s continuous efforts to keep pace with technology in the ministry’s services in order to achieve Saudi Vision 2030.
During the inauguration ceremony, which was held at the branch's headquarters in Makkah Al-Mukarramah and was attended by the directors of departments and administrative divisions in the branch, the Minister of Islamic Affairs watched a visual presentation of technical projects and their mechanism of action in order to achieve the ministry's mission to serve and take care of God's houses.
The digital portal of the Ministry's branch in Makkah Al-Mukarramah region aims to automate the work of the Ministry's branch by receiving and following up on departmental services and incoming requests electronically. To increase work efficiency, effectiveness, and speed of completion to support digital transformation with self-efforts from IT staff, as it processed 3,000 requests in its trial launch.
The project contributes to saving more than 50% of consumption and the ease of controlling all components of the floors from one place through a touch screen and simple and easy-to-handle graphical interfaces and the ability to monitor any excess or defect in the mosque and report it automatically by issuing alerts, and the possibility of obtaining statistical reports of operating and consumption rates, and the possibility Monitoring and linking the status of mosques through a mobile application that connects wirelessly to the mosque network.
The Minister of Islamic Affairs affirmed that by the grace of God, and then thanks to the unparalleled support of the wise leadership – may God protect them – a mechanism was launched for the smart mosque in Makkah Al-Mukarramah, which is the first mosque to rely on technology in all its devices such as lighting, air conditioning, etc. and all that serves the mosque from its facilities with modern and smart technology. It is the first experimental mosque in the Kingdom, and it will be the nucleus for more, God willing.
And Al-Sheikh indicated that the launch of the digital portal that connects the branch with the ministry, the branch with its governorates and its affiliated centers, and a messaging program that serves the ministry in facilitating its work, serving the citizen in fulfilling his needs, and serving the ministry's message to communicate easily and easily to all beneficiaries.
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