Hj Suhardi Hj Suhaimi (L) and Hjh Rohana, owners of MediaHikmah, during an interview. Picture: BT/ Siew Fung Mun
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
MEDIAHIKMAH has created an application called Mari Sembahyang (Let's Pray) that will cater to 1.6 billion Muslims worldwide when it is launched in the market.The application is an educational Muslim application for children aged three to seven to learn how to pray.
Mari Sembahyang was created to make it convenient for parents to teach their children how to pray in a more interactive, colourful and exciting way.
Although the application is currently in Malay, MediaHikmah will also be launching an English version.
The application will be able to run on Android, IOS, Windows and BlackBerry devices.
MediaHikmah owners Hj Suhardi Hj Suhaimi and Hjh Rohana plan to deploy the application on the Apple Store, Play Store and Microsoft Store.
"The uniqueness of our application is that it is in 3D as we feel that 3D simulation helps children learn faster than if it is in 2D," said Hj Suhardi.
Hj Suhardi said that the application is not available on the market yet as MediaHikmah is awaiting funding approval from Brunei Economic Development Board to carry out further testing and the building of the company's infrastructure.
The application is ready to be launched, but according to Hjh Rohana, the company is still waiting for start-up capital and verification from the Ministry of Religious Affairs (MoRA).
Once the grant has been approved and the MoRA has given its go signal, it will take six months to a year to launch the application in the market, she added.
Hj Suhardi and Hjh Rohana came up with the idea for the application when they wanted to teach their son how to pray and found that many of the online applications already available had misleading Islamic directions and errors. Some of the applications were also too advanced for children, they added.
The app is a contender for the 2012 Asia-Pacific ICT Awards (APICTA). It also won three awards during Brunei ICT Award this year: eLearning, Islamic Award and the P
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