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ACEH — The sunset along the coast makes this a particularly romantic spot for dozens of couples sitting intertwined on the rocks along the beach. But these young people are here illegally. In Aceh, an ...
News Indonesia » Aceh » Religion: Lessons from Aceh: How language unites and segregates in conflicts
20 years have passed since the Aceh tsunami, leaving deep scars on Indonesia, especially for those directly affected. Aceh was also recovering from a three-decade armed conflict between the Free Aceh ...
News Indonesia » Aceh » Religion: Indonesia’s Aceh Province Continues Caning as a Form of Punishment
A Sharia caning sentence being carried out in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, Sep. 19, 2014. Credit: Voice of America Subscribe for ads-free reading Indonesia’s conservative Aceh Province has once again ...
News Indonesia » Aceh » Religion: Couple caned for kissing on TikTok in Indonesia's conservative Aceh province
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — A young couple in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province were publicly caned on Thursday after an Islamic Shariah court convicted them of violating Islamic law by kissing ...
News Indonesia » Aceh » Religion: 2 men publicly caned for having sex by religious police in Indonesia
Banda Aceh, Indonesia — Two men in Indonesia's conservative Aceh province were publicly caned 77 times each on Thursday after neighbors reported them to Islamic religious police for having sex. Dozens ...
News Indonesia » Aceh » Religion: Aceh imposes record 140 lashes for extramarital relations, alcohol
Public caning was carried out in Aceh Province, Indonesia’s most Islamic region applying the strictest laws, against a man and woman caught on charges of extramarital relations and alcohol consumption ...
News Indonesia » Aceh » Religion: 2 men publicly caned for hugging and kissing in Indonesia
Banda Aceh, Indonesia — Two men in Indonesia's conservative Aceh province were among a group of people publicly caned on Tuesday after an Islamic Shariah court convicted them of violating Islamic law ...
News Indonesia » Aceh » Religion: In Aceh, Indonesians pray at mosque but bring their own rugs
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News Indonesia » Aceh » Religion: Indonesia: Finding Common Ground For Religion, Politics And Culture – OpEd
(UCA News) — I recently had the opportunity to join a virtual seminar where Professor R. Michael Feener of Kyoto University in Japan made an insightful and instructive presentation about the role of ...