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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 ...

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 ...

Police investigating fake passport case involving 177 Indonesian hajj pilgrims

The police force is conducting further investigation into the case of 177 Indonesian Hajj pilgrims caught with fake ...

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 ...

Counterterrorism efforts need cross-sectoral synergy: BNPT Chief

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Muslims urged to celebrate Eid modestly: Ulema

The general chairman of the Indonesian Council of Ulemas (MUI), Maruf Amin, has appealed to all Muslims in the country ...