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Sharia Law In Aceh – Too Severe Or Too Lax?

Introduction Of Sharia Law In Aceh

Unlike other parts of Indonesia, the province of Aceh has Islamic law added to its penal code. In 2001,some Sharia-inspired byelaws were put into effect in Aceh and a form of Sharia was formally introduced in 2003. Aceh has long been a conservative Muslim area, and is thought to be the [...]

Iran – Enforcement Of Islamic Dress Code As Part Of Cultural Crackdown On Youth

Police Go All Out To Enforce Islamic Dress Code

It looks as the youth in Iran have to be on their guard when they go out on the streets. It is not thieves, muggers, kidnappers they have to be on their guard against. It’s the police, who have been really busying themselves to strictly enforce Islamic dress [...]

German Muslim Woman Turns Apostate

Recently women MPs in Kuwait won the right not to wear the Muslim headscarf in Parliament.  In many western countries, freedom of dressing for women is a given.  But for many Muslim women, they have a dress code to observe.

Qory Sandioriva, the current Miss Indonesia (Putri Indonesia) 2009 caused some disquiet when she did not wear a [...]