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60 hajj pilgrims from Indonesia die before wuquf worship

A total of 60 Indonesian pilgrims have died, as of reports on Saturday, even as the peak of Hajj pilgrimage is a week ...

President Jokowi rightly appoints Gunawan as chief intelligence: Expert

Constitutional expert Margarito said President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has made the right choice in appointing ...

House to evaluate candidate for BIN chief`s post

The House of Representatives will conduct a fit and proper test on Commissioner General Budi Gunawan as the sole ...

Some 29 Indonesian hajj pilgrims pass away in Saudi Arabia

The number of Indonesian hajj pilgrims who died in Saudi Arabia in the current haj pilgrimage season has increased to ...

Long waiting list may lead pilgrims to seek short cut

The fact that would-be hajj pilgrims currently booking a slot will be able to depart for the Holy Land only after a ...

Nahdlatul Ulama asks Google to put Palestine back on map

Indonesias largest Muslim organization, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), has demanded Google to put Palestine on the map, after ...

Minister bids farewell to pilgrims heading to holy land

Religious Affairs Minister Lukman Hakim Saifuddin gave a send-off to the first group of Hajj pilgrims of Jakarta ...

Vice president wants mosques to help prevent radicalism

Vice President M Jusuf Kalla has urged the managers of mosques in the country to protect Muslims from heresies and ...

VP Kalla opens Muslim World League seminar

Vice President Jusuf Kalla inaugurated an international seminar of the Muslim World League (WML), or "Rabithah Al Alam ...

Halim airport ready to serve hajj flights

The Minister of Transportation, Budi Karya Sumadi, on Monday said Halim Perdanakusuma airport is ready to serve Hajj ...

Govt must not be late in handling hajj visa: Legislator

The government should not delay handling of hajj pilgrimage visas which is one of the requirements for the would-be ...

House speaker condemns bomb attacks in Saudi Arabia

Indonesias House Speaker Ade Komarudin condemned the suicide bomb attacks in three cities in Saudi Arabia on Monday ...

Iran condemns attacks in Saudi Arabia, calls for regional unity

Iran condemned attacks targeting Shiite Muslims and a sacred site in Saudi Arabia, saying on Tuesday it was time the ...

Hajj officials urged to maintain professionalism

Religious Affairs Minister Lukman Hakim Saifuddin has called on all Hajj officials to maintain professionalism and ...

President sets 2016 hajj pilgrimage cost

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has set hajj pilgrimage cost for this year at Rp31.117 million to Rp38.905 million ...