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        "id": 1768441,
        "msgid": "idul-adha-wife-recalls-yaqut-accompanying-hajj-pilgrims-1779887178",
        "date": "2026-05-27 15:39:20",
        "title": "Idul Adha: Wife Recalls Yaqut Accompanying Hajj Pilgrims",
        "author": "Ardito Ramadhan",
        "source": "KOMPAS",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Legal",
        "summary": "Eny Retno, wife of former Religious Affairs Minister Yaqut Cholil Qoumas, recalled her husband's dedication to Hajj pilgrims during the 2023 season despite challenges with illegal pilgrims and aid distribution. She expressed hope that his past service would aid his case, as the KPK investigates hajj quota irregularities involving four suspects, including collusion and payments to officials.",
        "content": "<p>JAKARTA \u2013 The wife of former Religious Affairs Minister Yaqut Cholil\nQoumas, Eny Retno, recalled her husband\u2019s efforts in accompanying Hajj\npilgrims in Muzdalifah during the 2023 pilgrimage season. \u2018Mashallah,\nFather \u2014 especially during Idul Adha. I remember 2023 in Muzdalifah,\u2019\nEny said after visiting Yaqut at the KPK\u2019s Red and White Detention House\nin Jakarta on Wednesday, 27 May 2026. Eny recounted how Yaqut prayed\nearnestly amid the difficult process of retrieving pilgrims due to the\nsurge in illegal Hajj and obstacles in aid distribution on the ground.\nAccording to Eny, the retrieval of pilgrims was extremely difficult due\nto the high number of illegal Hajj participants. Eny recalled her\nhusband\u2019s prayers at the time: \u2018Oh Allah, Lord, how should I proceed,\nLord? What more must I do, Lord?\u2019 She said the situation was extremely\ndifficult, with even water aid distribution facing challenges. According\nto Eny, her husband has always been fully dedicated to serving Hajj\npilgrims. \u2018While serving Allah\u2019s guests with such dedication, he\ncontinued to think of the pilgrims even when ill.\u00a0May Allah grant His\nassistance. May all the good deeds Abah has done for Hajj pilgrims\nbecome a means of support for him,\u2019 she said. Eny also hopes the hajj\nquota corruption case involving her husband will resolve well. \u2018As for\nthe case, I hope everything turns out well. What is true will be\nrevealed as true, and everything can be resolved properly,\u2019 she said.\nThe KPK has named four suspects in the hajj quota corruption case:\nformer Religious Affairs Minister Yaqut Cholil Qoumas; Yaqut\u2019s former\nspecial staff, Ishfah Abidal Aziz, alias Gus Alex; Operations Director\nof PT Makassar Toraja (Maktour), Ismail Adham; and Commissioner of PT\nRaudah Eksati Utama and Chairman of the Kesthuri Association, Asrul Azis\nTaba. KPK Deputy for Enforcement and Execution Asep Guntur Rahayu stated\nthere was collusion in the arrangement of additional hajj quotas that\nviolated regulations, along with payments made to public officials.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/idul-adha-wife-recalls-yaqut-accompanying-hajj-pilgrims-1779887178",
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