Jakarta, April 14 -- Minister of Hajj and Umrah Mochamad Irfan Yusuf emphasized that the "hajj ticket war" is still just a discourse, so prospective pilgrims who have been waiting in line for years no need worry.

"It is still a discourse. So, pilgrims do not need to be afraid," Yusuf said during a working meeting with Commission VIII of the Indonesian House of Representatives in Jakarta on Tuesday.

He explained that the "ticket war" discourse is a proposed effort to shorten the queues for prospective Indonesian pilgrims, which he considers excessively long.

However, the discourse is still in the discussion stage. "We need breakthroughs to shorten these long queues," he said.

According to him, the ticket war discourse requires extensiv...