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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 ...

Indonesian govt sought to bring 177 detained hajj pilgrims home: Minister Saifuddin

Indonesias Minister for Religious Affairs Lukman Hakim Saifuddin said the government will continue its efforts to ...

Religious affairs ministry to resolve Indonesian pilgrims issue in Philippines

The Ministry of Religious Affairs will assume responsibility for 177 Indonesian hajj pilgrims being held by the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Indonesian pilgrims` death toll in Mina stampede rises to 103

Three more bodies of Indonesian Hajj pilgrims killed in the Mina stampede were identified, thereby bringing the death ...

RI making all-out efforts to find citizens in hajj tragedy

The Indonesian government, through the Religious Affairs Ministry, in its capacity as the Indonesian Hajj Organizing ...

Death toll of indonesians in Mina stampede rises to 46

The death toll of Indonesians in the Mina Tragedy has risen to 46 from the previous report of 41, according to Head of ...

19 Indonesian hajj stampede victims buried in Mecca

Nineteen Indonesian hajj pilgrims who died in the recent stampede incident in Mina, Saudi Arabia, will be buried in ...

Why Mina tragedy recur?

During this years (2015) hajj season, the stampede tragedy occurred in Mina, Saudi Arabia on Thursday morning (Sept ...

One Indonesian suspected killed in Mina incident

One Indonesian hajj pilgrim was suspected to have been killed in the Arab Road 204 stampede incident during the ...

Not many Indonesians expected to be among Mina victims

The Indonesian Hajj Pilgrimage Committee (PPIH) has said it does not expect many Indonesians to be among the victims ...

Indonesia asks for increase in hajj quota

Religious Affairs Minister Lukman Hakim Saifuddin asked for an increase in quota for Indonesian Hajj pilgrims, during ...

Indonesian hajj pilgrims require education about ebola

Prospective Indonesian hajj pilgrims in 2014 are expected to arm themselves with information about Ebola virus. ...

Indonesian hajj pilgrims to use electronic bracelets

Indonesias government is discussing plans to equip hajj pilgrims with electronic bracelets to reduce the number of ...