Travel Returns Money 28 Karawang Regency Government Officials Who Joined The Furoda Hajj Congregation Failed To Leave

Illustration of prospective pilgrims from Indonesia performing worship on their 2022 departure. (ANTARA-Iggoy F Fitra

KARAWANG - One of the travel entrepreneurs who serve the furoda pilgrimage in Karawang regency, West Java, was forced to return the money for the furoda pilgrims because they failed to leave.

"This year we only dispatched a few candidates for Hajj furoda, out of a total of 31 participants," said Rafi, a hajj travel entrepreneur who is a member of the United Consortium, in Karawang, West Java, quoted from Antara, Wednesday, July 6.

The failure to leave was due to the difficulty of obtaining a furoda visa. Unlike previous years, visas are so easy to get.

He admitted that the 28 furoda hajj candidates who failed to leave were one of the important officials in the Karawang Regency Government.

For furoda hajj candidates who failed to leave, he said, the money that had previously been deposited had been returned.

Even so, until now his party is still trying to get the furoda Hajj candidates at the travel agency to be able to leave. This was done after the Saudi Arabian aviation authority or GACA extended the flight limit.

"Hajj is a call, we cannot force what is God's will. As travel, we have maximized our efforts by taking various ways, but the results are yet to be seen. Hopefully those who have not been called by God this year for Hajj, God will make it easy for next year with better conditions. good," he said.

Rafi admitted that he and other Hajj travel entrepreneurs who are members of the United Consortium have asked the government to help.

However, he admits, until now all the efforts that have been taken have not lived up to expectations. Because the furoda pilgrimage or non-quota is entirely the authority of the Saudi Arabian government.

Hajj furoda itself is also known as hajj mujamalah, which is a pilgrimage whose visa is obtained at the invitation of the government of Saudi Arabia.

That way, the furoda pilgrims' visas are outside the quota for hajj visas that have been allotted by the Indonesian Ministry of Religion. Therefore, furoda pilgrims are also called non-quota pilgrimages.