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No Lavish Celebrations, But Shooting Sprees, In Aceh Over New Year

nuryn — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 20:12:55 +0000

Ban On Lavish Celebrations

The Aceh Administation must be wishing they could have banned much more than the lavish celebrations that they put a curb on for New Year’s Eve. The Administration, which has implemented some form of Sharia Law since 2002, reiterated its usual ban on New Year’s Eve celebrations in any form, including the use of [...]

Indonesia – Aceh Commemorates 7th Anniversary Of Tsunami

nuryn — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 20:12:41 +0000

Commemorative Events

The Great East Japan Earthquake in March this year that triggered powerful tsunami waves that reached heights of up to 40.5 m and travelled up to 10 km inland and caused nuclear accidents must have sent shivers down the spine of the people of Aceh. At their commemoration of the 7th anniversary of the devastating [...]

Aceh – Lesbians Forced To Break Up

yessir — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 08:12:59 +0000

“We Are Actually Allowed By Our Religion To Kill Them”

In the Indonesia province of Aceh where partial Sharia law is in force, the religious police have just caught a pair of lesbians. The police chief wanted to behead them, saying that such act is allowed by their religion.

About The Case

2 lesbian women aged 26 and 18 [...]

Indonesia – Restaurant In Aceh Province Caught Selling Food During Ramadan

yessir — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 20:12:13 +0000

Sharia Police Arrested 3 Customers

Aceh Province is the only province in Indonesia where Sharia law is partially in force, yet it is there that 3 men were caught red handed buying food during the fasting day of Ramadan. And the fact that they were buying it at a restaurant that appeared to be shut seems to suggest [...]

Aceh – Adulterers Caned

yessir — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 20:12:10 +0000

Adultery And Khalwat (Close Proximity)

Aceh Province, the only one in Muslim majority Indonesia to follow Shariah law (though not fully yet), carried out a public caning last Friday. One couple was found guilty of adultery while another couple was found in close proximity of each other.

The Adulterous Pair

34-year old Irdayanti is in the process of divorcing her husband. [...]

Aceh – When A Police Station Becomes A Brothel

yessir — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 20:12:33 +0000

Naked Couple Caught By Angry Villagers

Suspicious villagers in Banda Aceh stormed a police station in Manggi, West Aceh and found a naked unmarried couple inside it. This reinforced their belief that the police station was being used as a brothel. The highly emotional mob attacked the man and slapped the woman so severely that they had [...]

Kuwait – Parliamentary Women’s Affairs Committee May Have No Female MPs

yessir — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 20:12:26 +0000

Islamist MPs In Move To Replace Women MPs With Male MPs

So the Islamist Aceh Party in Indonesia thinks that women are not qualified to be leaders under Shariah law. But now in Kuwait, some Islamist MPs are ganging up to replace 4 women MPs with male MPs. And the reason for this? Because these women MPs [...]

Aceh – Ridwan Muhammad Says Women Prohibited From Becoming A Leader

yessir — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 20:12:43 +0000

Dignity Of Women Insulted

In remarks that caused much criticism, Ridwan Muhammad, chairman of the Bireuen district council in Aceh said that Shariah law dictates that women are not allowed to be leaders. Critics are quick to point out that Aceh was ruled by female sultans in the 19th century, and that Indonesia itself had a woman president in [...]

Aceh Leader Says Women Who Don’t Dress According To Shariah Law Are Asking To Be Raped

yessir — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 08:02:07 +0000

MUI Says “No Such Thing” In Islam

What can one say about the recent comment by Ramli Mansur, the West Aceh district head who is also the leader of the Aceh Party, that women who don’t comply with Shariah law in the manner of dressing are “asking to get raped”? Ramli Mansur is the one who sponsored [...]

Aceh – When Morality Policemen Became Gang Rapists

yasna — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 05:05:50 +0000

The Rape On A Friday

When the policing of morality turns rogue, nothing can really be as shocking as this case in East Aceh, Indonesia. Two members of the Wilayatul Hisbah – also known as the Sharia Police – in East Aceh have been sentenced to eight years imprisonment for raping a 20-year-old student while on duty. [...]