REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Vice President Jusuf Kalla has appealed to all national television stations to broadcast good programs that do not go overboard, in view of the Islamic fasting month of Ramadhan next month.

"Conducting a program to propagate religion while the presenter merely stands before the cameras becomes a little boring. Therefore, we need innovations," he said while speaking at the Istiqlal Mosque here on Saturday at the launch of the Indonesia Mosque Council's (DMI) 'Dakwah TV.'

He suggested that television stations must be able to broadcast programs that propagate religion but are also entertaining. In fact, they should telecast entertainment programs which should have such messages of religious propagation embedded in them.

"We are the biggest religious propagation country in the world as we have at least four to five thousand Islamic religious propagation programs that are broadcast by 10 to 12 national television stations, in addition to several regional TV stations. This is extraordinary," he pointed out.

As an influential media, television stations are expected to be able to provide good information to the people, especially during Ramadhan.

"It is our task to ensure that more and more TV stations have better quality programs," he observed.

Vice President Jusuf Kalla stated that mosques still need a person who is at hand to present messages to propagate religion.

He also emphasized the importance of installing a proper sound system at these mosques because 80 percent of the activities involve listening to a sermon and announcements.

Besides launching Dakwah TV, Kalla also launched an Android-based application to propagate religious messages, inaugurated a Dakwah book publication and laid a foundation for the construction of a DMI multi-purpose building.

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