Activities of JIC include ZISWAF empowerment, education (TPA, Madrasah, Community Learning Center), socio-economic activities (mosque cooperatives), regular recitations, Tabligh Akbar, and celebrations of Islamic holidays.

The idea to build the Jakarta Islamic Center (JIC) was proposed by Sutiyoso to Professor Azyumardi Azra (then the Rector of UIN Syarif Hidayatullah) in New York.

Their ultimate goal was to transform JIC as one of the central nodes of Islamic civilization in Indonesia and Southeast Asia.

The complex covers a land area of 7 hectares with a 6,000 m2 mosque and a place for Islamic learning.

[7] On 19 October 2022 the large dome of the Jami Mosque, belonging to JIC, caught fire and collapsed at around 3:00 p.m. during renovation works, sending thick black smoke into the air.