Indonesia's Religious Affairs Ministry builds Islamic sign vocabulary KOSMIN to help Deaf Muslims

Indonesia's Ministry of Religious Affairs is expanding religious services for the Deaf community through Inclusive and Equal Spaces (RISE) and KOSMIN, an Indonesian Islamic sign vocabulary. Officials said terms such as faith, the afterlife and fiqh need agreed sign equivalents understood across the Deaf community, and KOSMIN is meant to become a shared reference that reduces misunderstandings and makes religious learning easier for Deaf Muslims.