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Dr Hamad Al Shaibani tries out the "Smart Mosque" service
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A few days ago on newsofthebeast we wrote about the folks in the United Arab Emirates developing a system to deliver government documents by drone. The Emiratis have a love for all things new and technical and seek to use technology whenever they can. Now they are using technology to deliver religion. They are turning their mosques into "smart mosques" by marking all them with a QR code, a type of two dimensional barcode.
The Smart Mosque initiative is part of the same "Smart Government" initiative that produced the drone delivery project. Smart Government was begun by Prime
Minister and Vice President of the United Arab Emirates and ruler of Dubai, Shaikh
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. In fact the first mosque to be marked is the Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Mosque in Dubai.
Jumeirah gets first smart mosque in UAE
The first smart mosque in the country
was launched on Sunday by the Department of Islamic Affairs and
Charitable Activities (DIACA) in Dubai on Sunday morning.
The Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al
Maktoum mosque in Jumeirah 3, is now equipped with the QR code
technology for the first time in government buildings and is part of
Phase-I of developing smart mosques that also includes nine other
mosques which will follow suit later this year.
The move is in line with the Smart
Government initiative announced by His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin
Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and
Ruler of Dubai, in May 2013.
Dr Hamad Al Shaibani, Director-General
– DIACA, said the interactive services available are accessible
through smart phones and tablets 24X7.
“We are using the QR code technology
to identify all mosques of the emirate to help develop and add more
value to them, and make the electronic services easier and more
accessible.” For comments on the smart services available, the
public may call (04-6087844), mentioning the name and mosque code
which is 74, he noted.
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