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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 ...

Indonesia asks for increase hajj quota

The Indonesian government has asked for an additional quota of 27,600 Haj pilgrims to Saudi Arabia because its quota ...

House, govt set hajj pilgrimage cost at US$3,537

The House of Representatives (DPR)`s Commission VIII on religious affairs and the government have agreed to set this ...

Iraq bombs kill 5, wound 23

A car bomb and improvised explosives killed at least five people and wounded 23 in Baghdad and southern Iraq on ...

Ten countries wish to study RI`s hajj prilgrimage management

As many as ten foreign countries are interested in and wish to study Indonesia`s ways in managing hajj pilgrimage ...

Ministry guarantees hajj pilgrimage cost to be made efficient

The Ministry of Religious Affairs guarantees that the 2011 hajj pilgrimage cost will be set at an efficient level so ...

RI seeking increased hajj quota

The Indonesian government has asked Saudi Arabia for additional allocation of 27,000 to its hajj quota of 211,000 ...

House discussing possibility of lowering hajj pilgrimage cost

A lawmaker has urged the religious affairs ministry to refer to the ministry of transportation its proposal to ...

Govt, house try not to raise hajj pilgrimage cost

The government and the House of Representatives (DPR) will try not to raise the 2011 hajj pilgrimage cost (BPIH), ...

VP calls for increase in RI's hajj pilgrimage quota

Vice President Boediono has urged Indonesian diplomats dealing with hajj pilgrimage affairs in Saudi Arabia to strive ...

Saudis reject Mecca holy water scare

Saudi authorities have rejected claims that holy Zamzam water from a spring inside the Grand Mosque complex of Mecca ...

10 dead in Iraq mosque suicide bomb: official

A suicide bomber blew himself up among a crowd of Shiite pilgrims inside a mosque in the central Iraqi town of ...

Pope urges "diplomacy, dialogue", not arms in Libya

Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday urged "diplomacy and dialogue" instead of arms in Libya and prayed that "human dignity may ...