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A returning pilgrim reacts on June 28 upon arrival at Sultan Iskandar Muda International Airport in Blang Bintang, Aceh, after performing the annual haj pilgrimage. (AFP/Chaideer Mahyuddin)
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ndonesia officially wrapped up this year’s haj season late last week with the departure of the final group of pilgrims from Medina, Saudi Arabia, coinciding with a recent legislative push in Jakarta to revise the 2019 haj law.
The Religious Affairs Ministry recorded that 413 pilgrims, mostly hailing from Majalengka regency and Cimahi in West Java, took off from Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz International Airport in Medina late Thursday.
They were the last group of Indonesian pilgrims to return home after the 2025 haj season, which began in early June.
Their return marked the end of the months-long process in which over 203,000 pilgrims performed the annual religious rite since May.
Muchlis M. Hanafi, head of the Indonesian Haj Management Committee (PPIH) in Saudi Arabia, reported that the repatriation process “went smoothly”. He also expressed gratitude for what he described as a relatively successful haj season.
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“Thank God, the pilgrims were generally satisfied with the services provided, be it the accommodation, meals, transportation and local guidance,” Muchlis said in a release on Thursday.
