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Indonesia was among the most COVID-19-impacted countries, with more than four million cases and 143 thousand plus deaths.

For instance, the confirmed global cases reached 256 million, with more than 5.1 million lives lost by November 2021. Nearly two years after the COVID-19 pandemic became the center of attention worldwide, the number of cases continues to increase. Therefore, profound religious FBOs served indispensable contributions and potencies in directing the community and minimizing the impact of the pandemic and other disasters in terms of health and social-economic welfare. The insufficient information technology facilities also made the process difficult online. However, coordination in the organization from central board to branch level was considerably challenging, especially where the coordination path was long. Moreover, the large members and participants, organizational structures involving grassroots levels, and financial support from the organizations' reputable philanthropic agencies were their strengths in performing those activities. The results showed that Islamic FBOs had special units that performed various countermeasures against COVID-19, including primary prevention like delivering health education and psychological consultation, and secondary prevention, mainly treating the pandemic, managing its prevailing conditions, and minimizing its economic impact, and supporting its vaccine. The data was analyzed using the thematic content analysis. As part of data collection, an interview guideline was set to explore the participants' strengths and challenges in performing various programs for overcoming the pandemic.

The participants (informants) were administrators of a special Islamic FBOs unit that handles COVID-19 programs at central and regional levels and the beneficiaries of Islamic FBOs COVID-19 programs, selected using expert sampling. In-depth interviews, focused group discussions, and document analysis were used to collect data. This study aimed to examine the strengths of Indonesia's two largest Islamic Faith-Based Organizations (FBOs) and the challenges experienced while performing activities on countermeasures against COVID-19 in Indonesia.