'Baitul Asyi' on the Transitional Threshold? ONE of the buildings on Aceh's wakaf land in Mecca. NEWS arrives Hajj Finance Management Agency (BPKH) of the Republic of Indonesia, Anggito Abimanyu meet Vice President Jusuf Kalla, continue viral in social media. The reason is that the arrival of Anggito Abimanyu accompanied by Alwi Shihab as the Special Envoy of the President for the Middle East and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), met Jusuf Kalla to report on the management plan of waqf land in Mecca, located about 400 meters from the Grand Mosque.
This was later quoted detik.com, "Meet JK, BPKH Report Management Plan of Wakaf Land in Mecca" (Detiknews, 9/3/2018). While continuing viral in social media, most strongly disagree and condemn the plan to transfer the wakaf land inheritance of the Acehnese kingdom by BPKH-RI. At the request of some Acehnese figures then I ventured to write this opinion, so that the government is aware and discouraged this evil intention. History of Baitul Asyi Baitul Asyi whose management is now under the supervision of the Ministry of Hajj and Waqf, has existed in the days of Mecca and Medina ruled by the Ottoman Turks. After World War I (1914-1918), which led to Turkey's defeat and an independent Arab country, in 1920 Turkey handed over its supervision of the waqf land in Mecca including the wakaf land of the Acehnese kingdom to the new Arab ruler led by Ibnu Suud.