Kuwait begins implementing the fingerprint system in mosques to prove the presence and departure of imams and muezzins



The Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs of Kuwait is preparing to start the implementation of the fingerprint to prove the presence and departure of the imams and preachers of the mosques in implementation of the decision of the Civil Service Council. A special system is to be set to set the changing working hours according to prayer times.

"The ministry needs 1,600 fingerprint devices to be placed in all mosques in the country, in addition to router devices to implement the fingerprint system on imams, muezzins and preachers," Undersecretary Farid Amadi said in a statement to the Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Rai.

He pointed to the "coordination with the Ministry of Finance on the matter," noting that "the existence of a perception of the sector of mosques will be discussed with the financial and administrative management in the ministry on this subject."

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