Jakarta, Aug. 28 -- The Indonesian government and the House of Representatives (DPR) have agreed to move forward with the establishment of the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah, following the approval of a bill amending Law No. 8 of 2019 on Hajj and Umrah during a DPR plenary session in Jakarta on August 26.

Rather than creating a completely new institution, the ministry will succeed the Hajj Organizing Agency (BP Haji) as part of a broader plan to transfer pilgrimage duties from the Ministry of Religious Affairs after 75 years.

The establishment now awaits a presidential regulation from President Prabowo Subianto.

In this light, the emergence of the Hajj and Umrah Ministry is expected to be a turning point that could help resolve various iss...