The Hajj Financial Management Agency (BPKH) ensures that the hajj funds will be safe in their accounts and will only be used to support the implementation of the hajj pilgrimage. This follows after a government decision to abolish the departure of Hajj 2020 for all Indonesian citizens. Head of BP-BPKH, Anggito Abimanyu said that as of May 2020 the funds …

The Minister of Religious Affairs Fachrul Razi decided the Indonesian government would not depart the pilgrims this year. This decision applies to all Indonesian citizens. The Minister conveyed that this decision was taken with various considerations. One of them is the government of Saudi Arabia, which has yet to open access to any country related to the Corona (Covid-19) pandemic …

The Minister of Religious Affairs Fachrul Razi said the government required the organizers of Umrah pilgrimage (PPIU) to deposit a minimum security deposit of Rp200 million. This rule is to anticipate that cases of Umrah fraud such as that of First Travel is not repeated. “The regulation stipulates that organizers of Umrah pilgrimage (PPIU) must have the financial capacity to …