Jakarta to work with France’s Musée du Louvre on new Islamic museum
Photo: An Acehnese woman prays at the grand mosque in the tsunami-hit city of Banda Aceh on the Indonesian island of Sumatra January 18, 2005. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
JAKARTA - Jakarta will build an Islamic museum in collaboration with France’s Musée du Louvre, as a symbol of Islamic civilisation in the capital, Ahmad Juhandi, Head of Jakarta Islamic Centre (JIC) Secretariat told Salaam Gateway.
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