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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 » Government: 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 » Government: Indonesia’s Aceh grapples with disease after floods
ACEH TAMIANG, Indonesia >> Hit by deadly floods, Indonesians in the region around Aceh Tamiang are grappling with worsening diseases and a lack of medical care as workers struggled to help dozens of ...
News Indonesia » Aceh » Government: Aceh man, woman receive 140 canes in harshest Sharia punishment
Public caning was carried out in Indonesia’s Aceh Province, the region with the strictest Islamic law enforcement, against a man and woman convicted of extramarital relations and alcohol consumption.
News Indonesia » Aceh » Government: Indonesian govt backs Aceh polytechnic to train global nurses
Indonesia’s Ministry for the Protection of Migrant Workers (P2MI) is supporting a health polytechnic in Aceh to prepare graduates for jobs abroad, ...
News Indonesia » Aceh » Government: Aceh Tamiang flood recovery nearly 100%, says Indonesian President
JAKARTA: Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto said recovery efforts in flood-hit Aceh Tamiang have reached nearly 100 per cent, marking significant progress following the devastating November floods ...
News Indonesia » Aceh » Government: 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 » Government: 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 ...