JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – Indonesia’s Vice President Ma’ruf Amin has requested a Saudi Arabia official to increase Indonesia’s hajj quota due to the long wait times to make the pilgrimage to the two holy cities of Mecca and Medina. The request was brought up during a meeting with Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Hajj and Umrah Tawfiq bin Fawzan al-Rabiah at the Vice Presidential Palace in Jakarta on Wednesday, Oct. 26.“We have a huge number of hajj pilgrims and some of them wait for up to 41 years. We will be glad if our hajj quota will be increased,” said Ma’ruf. The Vice President expressed hope that …
