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84,855 East Java Muslims may not perform Umrah

Nearly 84,855 Muslims in the Indonesian province of East Java may not perform Umrah pilgrimage services in the Holy ...

Government asks Saudi to allow pilgrims already landed

The Indonesian government has requested Saudi Arabia to allow Indonesians into the country who have already landed or ...

Palembang's 433 Umrah pilgrims depart for Jeddah despite temporary ban

A total of 433 umrah (minor haj) pilgrims from Palembang, the capital of South Sumatra Province, departed for the holy ...

President respects Saudi Arabia's provisional ban on Umrah services

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) respects the Saudi Arabian government’s decision to temporarily halt ...

AJC conducted a workshop on gastronomy tourism in Wakayama, Japan for tourism stakeholders from the ASEAN member states

- The ASEAN-Japan Centre (AJC) conducted a "Workshop on Sustainable Tourism: Gastronomy Tourism” from 17 to 23 ...

Discovering Jakarta

Looking closely at Chinese community in Jakarta

The Chinese people have a long history of migrating overseas, with approximately 50 million ethnic Chinese living ...

ASEAN hajj consuls concur on forming ASEAN Hajj Forum

Hajj consuls from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member states have reached a common agreement to ...

Prabowo Subianto inspired by KH Maimoen Zubair

Advisory Board of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), the country's largest Muslim organization, KH Maimoen Zubair, known as Mbah ...

KH Maimun Zubair's death is huge loss for nation: Jokowi

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) condoled the demise of a senior cleric of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), KH Maimun Zubair, ...

Senior NU cleric Maimun Zubair passes away

A senior cleric of the Nahdlatul Ulama KH Maimun Zubair passed away when he performed hajj pilgrimage in Saudi ...

Indonesian pilgrims receive advisory as Mecca gets hotter

The weather in Mecca is very hot and extreme, especially for Indonesian pilgrims who are not used to high temperatures, ...

Indonesia struggles to increase hajj quota to 250 thousand: ambassador

Indonesia is struggling to increase its hajj quota, from 231 thousand pilgrims to 250 thousand next year, Indonesian ...

Indonesia, Saudi take precautionary measures at Jeddah Airport

The medical team of Indonesia and Saudi Arabia are collaborating to provide health promotion and disease prevention ...

Council of two holy mosques ready for pilgrims

Chairman of the General Council for the Grand Mosque and Nabawi Mosque (the Prophet’s Mosque), Sheikh Abdurrahman ...

BPKH denies using hajj funds for improving infrastructure

Head of the Hajj Fund Management Board (BPKH) Anggito Abimanyu has denied allegations that the board has used hajj ...