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Indonesian pilgrims grateful for smooth 2016 hajj implementation

Tens of thousands of Indonesian pilgrims who have started returning home after performing Hajj pilgrimage this year, ...

FM assigns special team for return of Indonesian pilgrims

A special team to deal with the return of hundreds of Indonesian pilgrims who performed the Hajj with passports ...

Arafah, where muslims go to answer Prophet Ibrahim`s call

Over 2 million Muslims from all over the world started moving from Mecca towards Arafah on Saturday for Wuquf, which ...

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 ...

Indonesians found using fake passports should not lose citizenship: Cleric

Some 177 Indonesians found using fake passports for travel from the Philippines to Saudi Arabia for the Hajj ...

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 ...

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 ...

Counterterrorism efforts need cross-sectoral synergy: BNPT Chief

Synergy among relevant ministries and state institutions is needed to conduct counterterrorism efforts, according to ...

Indonesia`s hajj pilgrims to start leaving from nine airports Tuesday

A great number of Indonesian hajj pilgrims will leave for Saudi Arabia starting Tuesday from nine embarkation ...

Indonesia to establish international university of Islam

Indonesia, based on the Presidential Regulation No. 57 of the year 2016, will establish an international university of ...

Indonesia rejects intervention over schools` alleged links with Gulen

Indonesia rejects any intervention with the countrys internal affairs including over alleged links of a number of ...

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 ...

Religious affairs ministry, Canberra University sign agreement on doctoral program

The Indonesian Religious Affairs Ministry and the University of Canberra, Australia, signed a memorandum of ...

Govt seeking 10 percent increase in hajj quota

The Indonesian government is seeking to lobby with the Saudi authorities to have its hajj quota increased by 10 ...

Indonesia awards doctorate to grand imam of Al Azhar University

The Grand Imam of Al Azhar University in Cairo, Muhammad Ahmad Al Thayyib, was awarded an honorary doctorate by the ...