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        "id": 1717618,
        "msgid": "deputy-hajj-minister-hopes-elderly-prospective-pilgrims-focus-on-core-worship-1777913614",
        "date": "2026-05-04 22:55:14",
        "title": "Deputy Hajj Minister hopes elderly prospective pilgrims focus on core worship",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "Deputy Minister for Hajj and Umrah, Dahnil Anzar Simanjuntak, has urged elderly prospective Hajj pilgrims to prioritise core religious rituals and avoid overexerting themselves, given that 95% of Hajj activities are physically demanding. He emphasised that the Ministry has warned Hajj officials and guidance groups against organising excessive city tours or repeated Umrah visits, which treat pilgrims as commodities. Several groups face licence revocation for such practices, aiming to ensure a more focused and less strenuous pilgrimage experience.",
        "content": "<p>Tarakan, North Kalimantan (ANTARA) - Deputy Minister for Hajj and\nUmrah (Wamenhaj) Dahnil Anzar Simanjuntak hopes that elderly prospective\nHajj pilgrims will focus on core worship activities and not push\nthemselves too hard to avoid draining their energy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe important thing is that they (elderly pilgrims) should not\noverdo worship activities, because 95 percent of Hajj worship is\nphysical activity,\u201d he said when interviewed regarding the elderly\nprospective Hajj pilgrims from North Kalimantan Province for the year\n1447 Hijriah\/2026 CE at Juwata International Airport in Tarakan on\nMonday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey must just focus on the core worship and not force themselves,\u201d\nDahnil stated.<\/p>\n<p>The Deputy Minister stressed that the Indonesian Ministry of Hajj and\nUmrah (Kemenhaj) has repeatedly warned Hajj officials, including Hajj\nand Umrah Worship Guidance Groups (KBIHU), not to encourage pilgrims to\ntake city tours or repeated Umrah visits.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have also warned KBIHU so that their group leaders do not do\nthat. If they do it, we will warn them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The warning is serious, as several KBIHU groups have been threatened\nwith licence revocation by Kemenhaj for creating too many city tour\nprogrammes and repeated Umrah visits, thus turning pilgrims into\ncommodities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to stop treating pilgrims as commodities,\u201d he asserted\nfirmly.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/deputy-hajj-minister-hopes-elderly-prospective-pilgrims-focus-on-core-worship-1777913614",
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