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Minister Muhadjir Proposes Ban on Hajj More Than Once
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Minister Muhadjir Proposes Ban on Hajj More Than Once

Many elderly prospective hajj pilgrims, Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture plans to limit hajj to once to shorten the queue.

Minister Muhadjir Proposes Ban on Hajj More than Once

Dream - Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture (Menko PMK), Muhadjir Effendy, proposes a ban on people going for Hajj more than once. According to him, this method can help reduce the length of the Hajj departure queue.

Minister Muhadjir Proposes Ban on Hajj More than Once

According to him, the obligation of Hajj for those who are capable is only once. Meanwhile, the next opportunity should be given to the community who have not performed the Hajj pilgrimage.

“Wacana ini perlu dibahas karena jemaah haji yang semakin menua berimplikasi terhadap kesehatan,”

"The discourse needs to be discussed because aging hajj pilgrims have implications for health."

word Muhajir in his statement on the official website of Kemenko PMK, Friday, August 25, 2023

Muhadjir explained, this discourse needs to be discussed because many Indonesian prospective Hajj pilgrims are already elderly. This condition is related to the health of the pilgrims in carrying out their worship.

Minister Muhadjir Proposes Ban on Hajj More than Once
Minister Muhadjir Proposes Ban on Hajj More than Once

According to the data on the organization of Hajj in 2023, it shows that 43.78 percent of the pilgrims are over 60 years old. Meanwhile, the number of Indonesian Hajj pilgrims who died that year reached 774 people or 3.38 per thousand, with the majority being elderly.

As for the most common causes of death, they are sepsis (an infection that leads to organ failure), cardiogenic shock (the inability of the heart to pump blood), and coronary heart disease.

Minister Muhadjir Proposes Ban on Hajj More than Once
Minister Muhadjir Proposes Ban on Hajj More than Once

Therefore, Muhadjir proposed that Indonesia needs to carry out a transformation of the organization of the Hajj, especially in the health sector. This aims to ensure the health of the pilgrims during their worship until they return home.

"More and more elderly people due to long queues. That is a serious problem that needs to be prepared,"

"Muhadjir said."

Minister Muhadjir Proposes Ban on Hajj More than Once

The following text in 'Bahasa' has been translated to 'English' while preserving the HTML tags: "This was conveyed by Muhadjir during the National Seminar on Hajj Health at the Heritage Hall of the Coordinating Ministry for Human Development and Culture, on Thursday, August 24, 2023."

"In the agenda held by the Deputy for Coordination of Health Quality Improvement and Population Development of the Coordinating Ministry for Human Development and Cultural Affairs (Kemenko PMK), it was mentioned that General Organizer of Hajj and Umrah of the Ministry of Religious Affairs, Hilman Latief, was also present. Then there was Secretary General of the Ministry of Health, Kunta Wibawa Dasa Nugraha, Chairman of the Muslim Association of Hajj and Umrah Organizers, Firman M. Nur. Also present were Chairman of the Central Board of Muhammadiyah, Haedar Nashir, Chairman of BAZNAS, Noor Achmad, Head of the Hajj Financial Management Agency, Fadlul Imansyah. The General Chairman of the Indonesian Hajj Health Association, Dede Anwar, also gave a speech."

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