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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 ...

Indonesian public interest to go on hajj increasing

Indonesian public interest to meet one of Muslim`s duties in the five pillars of Islam by going on Hajj pilgrimage at ...

RI asks for additional 27,000 hajj quota

The government of Indonesia has asked Saudi Arabia for an additional 27,000 hajj quota in 2011, Religious Affairs ...

Govt to set hajj pilgrimage cost at lowest possible level

The government is committed to setting the 2011 hajj pilgrimage cost (ONH) at the lowest possible level commensurate ...

VP to attend WIEF meeting in Kazakhstan

Vice President Boediono is scheduled to attend the 7th meeting of the World Islamic Economic Forum (WIEF) in Astana, ...

5 months later, Chile miners still treated for stress

Eleven of the 33 miners rescued from a caved-in Chilean mine still receive medical care for post-traumatic stress five ...

RI asks for increase in haj quota

Religious Minister Suryadharma Ali said he has made a request, which is in practice difficult to fulfill by the Saudi ...