The idea is “to mold a generation of people who faithfully comply with Islamic values in their daily lives.” Another effect will be to turn people away from Islam, as has happened in the Islamic Republic of Iran. “Indonesia’s Aceh bans unrelated men and women from being together in public,” by Uzair Thamrin, Benar News, […]
Indonesia: 21 lashes for unmarried couple violating Sharia law by making out in car
Although not all tenets of the Sharia are barbaric, a fact which is often used as an argument to muddle the discussions about the aspects which are inhumane, far too much of it is indeed inhumane, including the stipulation that people must be killed for blasphemy and homosexuality, as well the acceptance of female genital […]
Indonesia: Woman flogged 100 times for adultery, her male partner gets only 15 lashes
“The adulterer and the adulteress, lash each one of them a hundred times. And do not let pity for the two prevent you from obedience to Allah, if you believe in Allah and the last day. And let a group of believers witness their punishment.” (Qur’an 24:2) But she confessed, you see, and he didn’t. […]
Indonesia: Couple flogged publicly for extramarital affair in Sharia-compliant Aceh province
A man and a woman in Indonesia’s Banda Aceh city, on Wednesday, November 10, were given 17 lashes publicly for having an extramarital affair, which is a moral offense as per Sharia, which is enforced in the city. The man and the woman were individually brought into the area, which is features a gallery […]
Indonesia: Officials in Sharia-adherent Aceh seize pet dog, leave it to die inside cabbage crate
Islam hates dogs: “Narrated `Aisha: “The things which annul the prayers were mentioned before me. They said, ‘Prayer is annulled by a dog, a donkey and a woman (if they pass in front of the praying people).’ I said, ‘You have made us (i.e. women) dogs.’ I saw the Prophet (ﷺ) praying while I used […]
Sharia in action in Indonesia: Woman collapses after receiving 100 lashes for premarital sex
An Indonesian woman collapsed after receiving 100 lashes for premarital sex in the Sharia province of Aceah. Her lover and others were also sentenced to public lashes for “religious transgressions.” The Islamic criminal code in Aceh “includes morality offenses like gambling, adultery, drinking alcohol, and having gay or pre-marital sex.” Sharia prescribes numerous human rights […]
Indonesia: Four couples get 20 lashes for sex outside marriage in Sharia province Aceh
A question to ponder: if the Sharia is considered to be divine law (as it is in normative Islam), then to strictly follow it should be honorable. But notice what happens when people closely abide by Sharia dictates: they become more intolerant, more rigid and more abusive — from advocating beatings and stoning to beheading […]
Indonesia: Sharia police publicly flog two Christians for violating Islamic law by drinking alcohol and gambling
The strictures of Sharia and the penalties for violating its rules are once again on display: two Christian men in Indonesia’s Aceh province were publicly flogged, receiving 40 lashes each from a “masked Sharia officer who beat their backs with a stick.” Their crimes were drinking alcohol and gambling. “The caning comes less than two […]
Indonesia: Gay couple whipped for Sharia-banned sex
A hadith depicts Muhammad specifying the punishment for homosexual activity: “The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, ‘Whoever you find doing the action of the people of Loot, execute the one who does it and the one to whom it is done.’” (Sunan Abu Dawud 4462) Will gay rights […]
Indonesia: Coronavirus restrictions eased so couple could be lashed in Sharia state of Aceh for premarital sex
As with so many applications of Islamic law, we see here again that Sharia is an empire of fear, with virtue enforced by draconian punishments that make people too afraid to step out of line. Behind the Islamic moral critique of the West is not genuine virtue, but people cringing in fear of getting arrested, […]