But remember: anti-Sharia laws in the U.S. are racist, bigoted, and “Islamophobic.”
“Young woman is caned in public as punishment under Sharia law for being ‘in close proximity’ to her boyfriend in Indonesia,” by Ross Ibbetson, Mailonline, October 29, 2018 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
The 21-year-old was whipped along with her boyfriend before crowds for being caught in ‘close proximity’ to each other.
The archaic public humiliation took place today in the city of Banda Aceh where Sharia law is strictly observed and enforced.
People are flogged as many as 200 times for a range of perceived crimes such as gambling, drinking alcohol, gay sex or any non-marital relationship.
The barbaric practice was ramped up in 2001 by the government in Jakarta to bolster their authority as separatists sought to gain power.
The region made a peace deal with the government in 2005 and sharia law was strengthened further.
Men and women are struck with bamboo canes in front of onlookers, many of whom are men in uniform who take their own photographs.
For the crime of being in ‘close proximity’ to the opposite sex one can expect 10 to 25 lashings with the switch.
More than 90 per cent of the 255million people who live in Indonesia describe themselves as Muslim, but the vast majority practice a moderate form of the faith.
The brutality is reported to have increased in recent years with a number of incidents of those being punished collapsing in pain on stage. …