The Name Of The 2022 Indonesian Regular Hajj Congregation Has Been Compiled By The Ministry Of Religion, The First Batch Departs June 4

Wukuf at Arafat is part of the Hajj. (ANTARA- Reuters)

JAKARTA - The departure of the first batch of Indonesian Hajj pilgrims to the Holy Land starts on June 4. All data for regular pilgrims who are entitled to leave in 2022 have been recorded by the Ministry of Religion (Kemenag).

"According to the direction of the Minister of Religion Yaqut Cholil Qoumas, we are optimizing the Lebaran leave period to finalize the data for regular pilgrims leaving for 2022," said Director of Domestic Hajj Services Saiful Mujab in a written statement received in Jakarta, Sunday, May 8. He said the finalization of data for regular pilgrims for 2022 was carried out based on the requirements set by the Government of Saudi Arabia. Complete vaccination for COVID-19.

According to him, the finalization must be completed immediately so that the data on regular pilgrims departing this year can be announced. So, they have enough time to make preparations. "Alhamdulillah, the data for regular pilgrims entitled to depart for 2022 per day has been completed. We have coordinated all the data with the Regional Office and also the Siskohat team. The next process is the issuance of the Decree of the Director General of PHU," he said. He said the final data for the pilgrims leaving for 2022 will be announced through the www.haji.kemenag.go.id page so that the congregation can immediately access it. "We are targeting that early next week the data will be announced," he said. It was stated that this year the Saudi Arabian government through the e-Haj application announced that regular hajj pilgrims would get 92,825 quotas. Meanwhile for special hajj, Saudi Arabia has also determined the quota amount to 7,226 pilgrims. The quota for officers this year is 1,901 people. Thus, the total number of Indonesian hajj quotas is 100,051 people.