Opportunist Pilgrims
Dozens of House members took a shortcut to perform the hajj pilgrimage to Mecca. The Indonesian Embassy in Saudi Arabia is at a loss as to what to do.
February 26, 2002
Perhaps `confused' is the proper word to describe how Maftuh Basyuni, the Indonesian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, is feeling. Not even on his assignment for a full month yet, but he already has had to face a complicated problem. A group of members from the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) who were visiting Saudi Arabia suddenly asked for permission to perform the hajj rituals, although they only held tourist visas. "This sort
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