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        "id": 1216691,
        "msgid": "larger-haj-dorm-needed-1447893297",
        "date": "1995-04-20 00:00:00",
        "title": "Larger haj dorm needed",
        "author": null,
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        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Larger haj dorm needed JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Religious Affairs Tarmizi Taher says a larger haj dormitory is needed because the current dormitory in Pondok Gede can no longer accommodate the ever increasing number of prospective haj pilgrims. \"We need a larger dormitory, to accommodate prospective haj pilgrims before their departure for Mecca,\" Tarmizi told Antara during an impromptu visit to the Pondok Gede dormitory on Tuesday.",
        "content": "<p>Larger haj dorm needed<\/p>\n<p>JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Religious Affairs Tarmizi Taher says<br>\na larger haj dormitory is needed because the current dormitory in<br>\nPondok Gede can no longer accommodate the ever increasing number<br>\nof prospective haj pilgrims.<\/p>\n<p>\"We need a larger dormitory, to accommodate prospective haj<br>\npilgrims before their departure for Mecca,\" Tarmizi told Antara<br>\nduring an impromptu visit to the Pondok Gede dormitory on<br>\nTuesday.<\/p>\n<p>This year, Indonesia is sending 195,000 people for the haj<br>\npilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. The departures of the first,<br>\nof more than 450 prearranged flights, had been chaotic as many of<br>\nthose listed among the first to leave were still not in<br>\npossession of visas from the Saudi Arabian embassy in Jakarta<\/p>\n<p>Tarmizi has become the target of criticism for the chaotic<br>\nsituation, but the criticism ebbed when the minister announced<br>\nthat he was accepting all the blame. (bas)<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/larger-haj-dorm-needed-1447893297",
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