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        "id": 1187737,
        "msgid": "government-closes-haj-registration-1447893297",
        "date": "1995-09-19 00:00:00",
        "title": "Government closes haj registration",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Government closes haj registration JAKARTA (JP): Registration for next year's Islamic holy pilgrimage to Mecca was closed yesterday by the government, after it secured 154,280 applicants, who have registered and paid their Rp 7.29 million (US$3,230) fee in full. The Ministry of Religious Affairs, which coordinates the haj pilgrimage for Indonesians, said the number was reached at 10:45 a.m. yesterday.",
        "content": "<p>Government closes haj registration<\/p>\n<p>JAKARTA (JP): Registration for next year's Islamic holy<br>\npilgrimage to Mecca was closed yesterday by the government, after<br>\nit secured 154,280 applicants, who have registered and paid their<br>\nRp 7.29 million (US$3,230) fee in full.<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry of Religious Affairs, which coordinates the haj<br>\npilgrimage for Indonesians, said the number was reached at 10:45<br>\na.m. yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>\"The counters which accept the registrations and payments for<br>\nthe pilgrimage at designated banks throughout Indonesia were<br>\nautomatically closed,\" a statement, signed by Director General<br>\nfor Islam and Haj Affairs Amidhan, read.<\/p>\n<p>Indonesia has been allocated a quota of 195,000 people for the<br>\n1996 pilgrimage by the Saudi government.<\/p>\n<p>When the Indonesian government opened this year's<br>\nregistration, on Sept. 1, the first 40,720 openings were taken by<br>\nthose people who had been bumped from this year's pilgrimage<br>\nregistration because of an excess in the quota.<\/p>\n<p>The government originally anticipated that the quota would be<br>\nfilled within two months of opening registration.<\/p>\n<p>A new system for registration was introduced for the 1996<br>\npilgrimage, in which pilgrims registering must immediately pay<br>\ntheir fees in full.<\/p>\n<p>Amidhan said that the use of Garuda Indonesia's network in the<br>\nregistration helped the government monitor the number of<br>\napplicants, allowing it to decide to close registration<br>\nyesterday.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the state run television station TVRI stated in a<br>\nnews dispatch on Sunday evening that Minister of Information<br>\nHarmoko and his wife left for Mecca on Friday to perform umrah,<br>\nthe lesser pilgrimage, which is performed outside the time of the<br>\nhaj proper.<\/p>\n<p>Harmoko, who is also the chairman of Golkar, the ruling<br>\npolitical group, is accompanied by Quraisyi Sihab and Effendi<br>\nZarkasy, both of the Indonesian Ulema Council. (emb)<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/government-closes-haj-registration-1447893297",
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