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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. [...]
Hena Begum Whipped 80 Times
Bangladeshi girl Hena Begum was 14 when she died in late January 2011. A week before she died, she was whipped 80 times according to Sharia law by her Chamta village elders and clerics in Shariatpur district, over 50 miles from the capital Dhaka. Hena Begum was accused of a heinous crime [...]
Sex Segregation Permissible?
As is well known, sex segregation is observed strictly in Saudi Arabia. And so it was with great surprise that security officials at a cafe in Madina saw a group of 9 men and women openly sitting together in contravention of the sex segregation law. But what is more surprising to many people is [...]
Update On Mazen Abdul Jawad
Remember Mazen Abdul Jawad, the Saudi divorcee with 4 children who worked for an airline? He became famous, or rather infamous, after appearing on the Bold (or Thick) Red Line program aired by the Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation (LBC) in conservative Saudi Arabia. In it he boasted about his various sexual escapades. He spoke of [...]
Save Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani Plea
“Please help end this nightmare and do not let it turn into a reality. Help us save our mother!” cried Iranian Farideh, 16, and her brother Sajad, 20, as they pleaded to the international community to save their mother – 43-year-old Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani – from stoning.
Death By Stoning And Hanging
Sakineh Mohammadi [...]
Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno Finally Opens Up
Remember Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno, the Malaysian model who was charged with consuming alcohol in Pahang and who was sentenced to a fine and 6 lashes of the cane by the Syariah High Court? Her case attracted widespread attention, and she would have been the first woman to be caned in [...]
Lashings for Child Brides Trying To Escape From Their Marriages
Two adolescent Afghan girls who had been forced into marriages with elderly men ran away disguised as boys because their husbands beat them when they tried to resist consummation of their marriages. However, after two days of fleeing across rough roads and mountain passes, Khadija Rasoul, aged [...]
Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno Now A Free Woman
Thursday April 22, 2010 is a very special day for former Malaysian model Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno. On this day, she completed her 3-week community service at the Tengku Ampuan Fatimah Children Home, walked out of the gate, and became a free woman. This brings an end to the whole saga [...]
One would have expected that the decision by the Sultan of Pahang to commute the caning sentence of 6 lashes of the cane on Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno to a 3-week community service at a children’s home would be welcome by all. Instead, that decision disappointed the folks at the Malaysian Muslim Lawyers Association (PPPM) which [...]
Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno was to be caned with six lashes on Thursday, April 1, 2010. But there was no caning. No folks, this is no April Fool’s Day joke. On Wednesday, March 31, 2010 Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno received a letter from the Sultan of Pahang commuting the caning sentence to a 3-week community service punishment.
Shukarno [...]
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