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Aceh in Sumatra is the only Indonesian province where Sharia Law, Islamic religious law, is in force. It followed years of conflict between Aceh and the central government. In Arabic, Sharia means ...
News Indonesia » Aceh: Islamic court in Indonesia sentences 2 men to public caning over sexual acts
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — An Islamic court in Indonesia ’s conservative Aceh province on Monday sentenced two men to public caning, 80 times each, after Islamic religious police caught them engaged ...
News Indonesia » Aceh: Shariah court in Indonesia sentences 2 men to up to 85 lashes for having gay sex
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia — An Islamic Shariah court in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province on Monday sentenced two men to public caning for having gay sex. The couple, aged 24 and 18, were arrested on ...
News Indonesia » Aceh: 2 Men in Indonesia to Be Publicly Caned for Hugging and Kissing
An Islamic court in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province — which enforces Sharia law — sentenced two men to 80 lashes each for hugging and kissing, acts the court deemed “sexual.” The closed-door ...
News Indonesia » Aceh: Two men publicly caned for having sex with each other in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — Two men in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province were publicly caned Thursday after an Islamic Shariah court convicted them for having sex with each other. Dozens of ...
News Indonesia » Aceh: In Indonesia’s Aceh, a once-isolated forest hosts local travelers on bamboo rafts
In the semiautonomous region of Aceh, an Indigenous community has repurposed the bamboo rafts they use to commute downriver to sell tourism services to nearby urban settlements. The forests of Samar ...
News Indonesia » Aceh: Indonesia's Aceh Passes Stoning Bill
Many of the people who survived the devastating 2004 tsunami that deluged the Indonesian province of Aceh found grim solace in the aftermath of the killer wave. The wall of water and earthquake ...
News Indonesia » Aceh: 171 Aceh Residents Still Living in Evacuation Tents, Minister Tito Says
Earlier, President Prabowo said post-disaster recovery in Aceh Tamiang is nearly complete, with all residents moved from tents to proper housing.
News Indonesia » Aceh: Islamic Shariah court in Indonesia’s Aceh province sentences 2 men to public caning over sexual acts
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — An Islamic Shariah court in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province on Monday sentenced two men to public caning 80 times each after Islamic religious police caught them ...
News Indonesia » Aceh: Islamic court in Indonesia sentences 2 men to public caning over sexual acts: kissing and hugging
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia -- An Islamic court in Indonesia 's conservative Aceh province on Monday sentenced two men to public caning, 80 times each, after Islamic religious police caught them engaged in ...