Indonesia is like a Piece of Heaven

Relations between Indonesia and Saudi Arabia have been established for a long time. Related to that history, Indonesia even has a kind of "monument". In Arafah, the place of wukuf, there are “Sukarno trees”.

KOMPAS/ILHAM KHOIRI

Muslim pilgrims are performing tawaf around the Kaaba on the second floor of the Grand Mosque, Mecca, Monday (27/6/2022) afternoon local time.

”Indonesia. Bagus (good), bagus ....” An officer at the Grand Mosque, Mecca, Saudi Arabia, greeted those of us who were wearing black vests that read “Indonesia”.

That morning, on Saturday (9/7/2022), the Grand Mosque was packed with pilgrims doing tawaf and sai. Some paths were closed. We, some members of the Indonesian Haj Media Center (MCH), were confused about leaving the mosque so we asked the officers for help.