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Fast track to Heaven
Asia focus, Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata, Published on 03/09/2018
» As the annual haj season in Saudi Arabia for Muslims around the world came to an end late last month, pilgrims have begun their trips home, including some 200,000 from Indonesia, who can now use the honorific title "Hajj" for men or "Hajja" for women before their names.
Haj hassle
Asia focus, Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata, Published on 19/09/2016
» Indonesia is intensifying its push for a bigger quota for haj pilgrims in a bid to clear a decades-long backlog of applicants awaiting their turn to go to Mecca. Authorities in the world's most populous Muslim country also want and avoid further embarrassment after hundreds of its citizens were found to have taken part illegally in the pilgrimage that ended last week.