Pricey Pilgrimages

Several haj cost items are inefficient and burden the pilgrims. Initial deposits are used in pursuit of interests on investments.

June 9, 2010

ZAINUN Ahmadi puts two dots on a piece of blank white paper. On one dot he writes Jakarta, on the other Jeddah. The member of the Religious Affairs Commission in the House of Representatives (DPR) from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) then draws straight lines back and forth connecting the two dots, indicating the flights to be paid by the haj pilgrims. He also draws two other sets of dashes, illustrating flights that are actua

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