Patience Residents Of Banten, Longest Hajj Waiting List Almost 53 Years

Illustration of prospective pilgrims from Indonesia performing their worship on the departure of 2022. (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Religion (Kemenag) stated that the waiting list for hajj departures in Banten Province reached 53 years. The time period is based on the calculation of the quota for Banten Hajj candidates as many as 4,290 people.

The Head of the Regional Office for the Ministry of Religion of Banten Province, Nanang Faturochman, said the quota was around 46.7 percent of the normal 9,491 prospective Hajj pilgrims (JCH) who departed before the pandemic. at the time of the release of prospective pilgrims from Lebak Regency, quoted from Antara, Friday, June 17. It is known that the Banten provincial government has not dispatched prospective hajj pilgrims for two years, because of Saudi Arabia's policy to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. 4,290 pilgrims, even though normally 9,491 pilgrims queue for Banten Hajj candidates who have been registered at the Regional Office of the Ministry of Religion of Banten Province reached 229,700 people.

Of the 229,700 hajj waiting lists, they have been registered online with an integrated computer system until departure to the Holy Land of Mecca for 53 years with a quota of 4,290 pilgrims. continue to serve people who want to register for Hajj. Currently, the number of people who register for Hajj candidates in Banten Province is quite high, especially since the national economy has recovered. The head of the Ministry of Religion of Lebak Badru said that currently the number of JCHs departing for the Holy Land was 290 pilgrims and the first stage of 286 pilgrims departed on June 17, 2022 at 14.00 WIB and the second stage on June 27, 2022. Hajj candidates, because the waiting list is up to the next 25 years Today, the waiting list for the Lebak Regency Hajj has reached 18,000 people. "We ask JCH to maintain health and physically so that it becomes a mabrur pilgrimage," he said.