Deputy Minister Of Religion: Longest Waiting List For Hajj In South Sulawesi In Indonesia, Up To 43 Years

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JAKARTA - Deputy Minister of Religion Zainut Tauhid Sa'adi stated that the enthusiasm of the people in South Sulawesi to carry out the pilgrimage is very high. This is evidenced by the length of the hajj waiting list of up to 43 years.

"The enthusiasm of the people in South Sulawesi for Hajj is very high. The longest waiting list for pilgrims in South Sulawesi is 43 years," said Zainut Tauhid Sa'adi after inaugurating 15 buildings of Hajj Marriage and Manasik Hall in Makassar, reported by Antara, Friday, December 18th.

He said that the inauguration of the building of marriage halls and Hajj rituals in 15 districts in South Sulawesi is expected to be able to improve the services of the Ministry of Religion (Kemenag) to the community.

Zainut stated that the Office of Religious Affairs (KUA) in each sub-district is the front guard as well as the face of the Ministry of Religion in the midst of society.

Therefore, he hopes that every Ministry of Religion employee can properly safeguard and maintain all these assets and make the most of them to carry out their service functions to the people.

"Because at KUA, that is the beginning of humans to know heaven on earth, and to make something that is haram a toyyibah thing," he said.

Previously, the Regional Office of the Ministry of Religion (Kemenag) South Sulawesi stated the waiting list for pilgrims for pilgrims (JCH) in South Sulawesi based on the latest data for 2020 up to 43 years.

Kaswad Sartono, Head of Haj and Umrah (PHU) Administration for the Ministry of Religion of South Sulawesi, agreed that the high interest of the community in using the haj pilgrimage. The residents' interest for Hajj each year continues to increase, "he said.

Sartono said that the long queues for the pilgrimage would be a potential for members of the Indonesian Haj and Umrah Travel Association (Kasthuri) to hold Umrah pilgrimages.

Kaswad stated that if he saw the phenomenon of departure, he supported the millennial or youth hajj program, which is a list of pilgrimages from an early age.