MUI criticizes 2027 hajj plan: pilgrims pay only 40 percent
The proposed split would cover Rp64,2 juta of the Rp107,34 juta cost per person with BPKH investment returns.
The proposed split would cover Rp64,2 juta of the Rp107,34 juta cost per person with BPKH investment returns.
Investigators are tracing who devised the 50:50 split, despite rules setting 92 percent for regular pilgrims and 8 percent for special pilgrims.
The figure equals 118.61% of the monthly target as managed Hajj funds rose to Rp181.731 trillion.
114,236 pilgrims and officials have arrived home, while 74,441 others are moving from Makkah to Madinah for the second return phase.
The NU scholars’ forum said the current hajj benefit scheme is unfair and wants the wakalah contract with BPKH clarified.
The bank secured initial approval from SAMA in 2024, with 83 percent of Indonesia’s hajj pilgrims recorded as customers.
Kemenhaj says the actual wait is now about 13-14 years, while the new administrative system standardizes it at 26 years nationwide.
Komisi VIII, the hajj oversight team and Kementerian Haji brought 20 evaluation points to guide improvements for the next hajj season.
Officials confirmed the documents were old passports from hajj pilgrims and are now tracing how they were left outside supervision.
Officers no longer found a stack of passports, but secured two passport covers and several hajj deposit slips.