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August 2, 2006
Indonesia: Aceh Province Enforces Sharia (Islamic) Law
Oppression, Islamic style: Indonesia's Aceh embraces Islamic law
BANDA ACEH: Across this most religious of Indonesia's provinces, brown uniformed policemen in black wagons enforce Shariah, or Islamic law.They haul unmarried couples into precincts and arrest people for drinking or gambling. Increasingly, many of the cases are pushed to the ultimate conclusion, public canings at mosques in front of pumped-up crowds.
In mid-July, a 27-year-old man sentenced to 40 lashes fainted on the seventh stroke of a cane from a hooded man in the yard of a mosque here in the provincial capital.
The caning was televised nationally, with an announcer reporting that the man, who had been arrested for drinking at a beachside stall, would receive the remainder of his punishment once he had recovered.[...]
Posted by Ruy Diaz at August 2, 2006 9:23 AM
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