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Indonesian hajj pilgrims to return home starting wednesday

More than 200,000 Indonesian hajj pilgrims will return home in stages, starting Wednesday (October 31), after ...

Indonesian govt to promote Baduy land as culture tourism center

The local government is developing the Baduy Land into a culture tourism site. Baduy is populated by about ...

13 hajj pilgrims die while performing wukuf

A total of 13 Indonesian pilgrims died while performing wukuf on the field of Arafah, Saudi Arabia, on Thursday, ...

Indonesian hajj pilgrims leave for Arafah for Wuquf

Indonesian hajj pilgrims in Saudi Arabia left the holy city of Mecca for the Arafah desert on Wednesday (October 24) ...

58 Indonesian hajj pilgrims die in Saudi Arabia

Ten more Indonesian hajj pilgrims died in Saudi Arabia, bringing to 58 the total number of deaths since the first ...

Over 17,000 Indonesian hajj pilgrims arrive in Saudi Arabia

A total of 17,051 Indonesian hajj pilgrims have arrived in Saudi Arabia since the first batch arrived at King Abdul ...

Three airlines to carry RI hajj pilgrims in 2012

The government has named three airlines to carry Indonesian hajj pilgrims to the Holy Land this year, according to a ...

Number of Indonesians ending life during hajj reaches 444

The number of Indonesians who died in the Holy Land while making the hajj pilgrimage this year by 8.12 am local time ...

Number of Indonesians ending life during hajj reaches 370

The number of Indonesians who died in the Holy Land while making the hajj pilgrimage this year by 4.16 pm local time ...

Number of Indonesians who died during hajj reaches 350

The number of Indonesians who died in the Holy Land while making the hajj pilgrimage this year had by 8.15 pm local ...

Number of Indonesians ending life during hajj reaches 212

The number of Indonesians who died in the Holy Land while making the hajj pilgrimage this year had by 4.18 pm local ...

Over 100 would-be hajj pilgrims fail to make journey

The number of Indonesian would-be hajj pilgrims who failed to leave for Saudi Arabia since the first batch of their ...

Over 25,000 Indonesian hajj pilgrims arrive in Saudi Arabia

A total of 25,878 Indonesian hajj pilgrims arrived in Saudi Arabia until the fifth day since the first flight batch ...

UNESCO executive committee backs Palestinian bid

The executive committee of the United Nations cultural organisation UNESCO on Wednesday (Oct. 5) recommended that the ...

News focus: all RI hajj pilgrims should wear batik

Thousands of Indonesian hajj pilgrims left for Saudi Arabia on Sunday morning (Oct 2,2011) to perform the fifth ...