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Islamic media expected to act as balancing power : Minister

Islamic media can act as a power to balance all news circulating in the world discrediting Islam as a religion of God, ...

Money behind idea of hajj privatization: Hasyim

Former chairman of Indonesia`s largest Muslim organization Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) Hasyim Muzadi said money consideration ...

Special body needed to manage hajj pilgrimage

Weaknesses have often been found in the management of the country`s hajj pilgrimage, including in the recently ...

RI muslims warned against Islamophobia in hajj pilgrimage issue

Indonesian Muslims should be alert towards Islamophobia manifested in calls for the transfer of the management of the ...

Number of Indonesians ending life during hajj reaches 212

The number of Indonesians who died in the Holy Land while making the hajj pilgrimage this year had by 4.18 pm local ...

Saudi goes hi-tech for hajj pilgrimage

The annual hajj pilgrimage that draws millions of Muslim faithful to Mecca has gone hi-tech this year, with the Saudi ...

RI hajj pilgrims now staying closer to Haram Mosque

The government has been able to provide lodgings for Indonesian hajj pilgrims in Saudi Arabia that are located closer ...

Naqshabandiyah followers celebrate Idul Fitri

Around 200 followers of the Naqshabandiyah order in Pauh Padang subdistrict in West Sumatra celebrated Idul Fitri on ...

President Yudhoyono to hold open house on Idul Fitri

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and First Lady Any Yudhoyono plan to hold an open house on the occasion of the ...

Five RI students from Libya reenrolled at Padjadjaran University

At least five Indonesian college students who were evacuated from Libya have chosen to continue their studies at West ...

Govt decides Ramadhan begins on Monday

The Indonesian government through its Religious Affairs Ministry decided on Sunday evening that this year`s Ramadhan ...

RI`s divorce rate up 300 pct since 1998

The divorce rate in Indonesia since the start of the reform era has risen by 300 percent, a religious affairs ...

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 ...

Govt sends evacuated students back to Egypt

The Indonesian government on Tuesday sent back the last batch of 25 citizens evacuated from Egypt when the country was ...

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 ...