HAJ
Terrorist Pilgrims?

Starting this year, Indonesian haj pilgrims must use the green passport. Is it because the Saudi government is afraid of terrorist infiltration?

July 7, 2009

FUAD Hasan Masyhur was laughing hard on Friday evening last week. “Eight months ago, my suggestion for using the green passport for haj pilgrimage was considered irrational,” said the Director of Maktour, a haj and umrah pilgrimage travel bureau. “Now, the Religious Affairs Department is in total confusion because the Saudi government has forced them to do that.”

In late 2008, the Saudi Arabian kingdom told the Indonesian government not

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