What your mosque needs to use Minbar

The minimum

• One smartphone with internet and a charger. This is enough to start.
• A printed QR code at the entrance. Worshippers scan it and listen on their own phones.
• The sermon text in Arabic, or a speaker who can read from the teleprompter page.

The ideal set-up

• A laptop or tablet for the speaker or editor.
• A TV or projector with a browser (a smart TV, or a small streaming stick or mini PC on the HDMI port) to show the sermon on the big screen.
• Stable Wi-Fi or a mobile-data router, so the screen and the speaker stay online.
• A microphone or phone near the speaker if you want to offer live audio.

Who does what

1. Institute admin: registers the institute, uploads the licence and ID, adds the bank details and the location, and invites the team.
2. Editor: prepares the sermon text and checks the translations.
3. Speaker: opens the teleprompter and presses Go Live.
4. Volunteer: pairs the TV with the short code and prints the QR poster.

Before the first Friday

1. Register and finish the verification steps. Approval follows the review.
2. Publish a short test sermon and run it on your phone and your TV a few days ahead.
3. Print the QR code and put it where people enter.
4. Check the internet connection in the room where the screen is.

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