Amnesty International describes a public caning as “cruel, inhuman and degrading, and amount to torture.” It’s nevertheless practiced in some Sharia-adherent jurisdictions, including Aceh, Indonesia. Some victims collapse and become unconscious. Yet when any Westerner describes the Sharia as barbaric or savage, he or she is met with raised brows and swift accusations of “Islamophobia” […]
Indonesia agrees to host Israel supporting Andrea Bocelli in concert after all, despite Ulema Council opposition
In a surprise move, and followup to this previous story HERE, the Indonesian government has decided to reject the appeal from the Indonesia Ulema Council after all, and will allow an Andrea Bocelli concert to go on. Bocelli is an open supporter of Israel, which was a major trigger for the Ulema Council. In mid-October, […]
Indonesia: Ulema Council demands cancellation of Andrea Bocelli concert over his past support for Israel
By now it should be well known that the Palestinian cause is the central cause of the Muslim ummah. The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) wants East Jerusalem as a Palestinian capital, and they also want Palestinian control of the strategically advantageous Judea and Samaria which would enable jihadists to wipe Israel off the map. […]
Indonesia: Muslims protest against pork restaurant
This article shows the falsity of claims that Sharia pertains only to Muslims and that non-Muslims need not be concerned about it, because it has nothing to do with them. In reality, everywhere that Muslims have had the power to do so, they have asserted the authority of Sharia over non-Muslims. Why does any American […]
Indonesia: Muslims seize on administrative error to halt approved construction of church
This is the vaunted Islamic tolerance of a foremost “moderate” Muslim country. It likely has to do with the fact that Islamic law forbids the construction of new churches. Christians are “forbidden to ring church bells or display crosses, recite the Torah or Evangel aloud, or make public display of their funerals and feastdays, and […]
Indonesia: Crowd screams ‘harder’ as four people are whipped 100 times each for adultery
There is no compassion, much less forgiveness, in Islam. Muslims are to be “ruthless” to the unbeliever and merciful to one another (48:29), but when a Muslim transgresses against a Sharia provision, that mercy is seldom, if ever, in evidence. The fear that ensures obedience must be kept alive. “The caning so severe even the […]
A Kiss in Indonesia and Its Aftermath Reveal the Heart and Soul of Islam
New in PJ Media: A kiss is still a kiss, as the old song goes, but in Indonesia’s Aceh province, it’s going to cost you. Not in terms of money, but in terms of the skin off your back. A young couple in Aceh just found that out after they shared a kiss on a […]
Aceh’s Sharia Court Orders Public Caning of TikTok Couple Over Kiss
An unmarried Indonesian couple from Aceh province found themselves at the center of a massive controversy and morality debate after a brief livestream showing them kissing inside a parked car resulted in their arrest, conviction, and public caning under the province’s Islamic criminal code. On February 27, 2026, the couple, a 22-year-old man and a […]
Indonesia: Muslim mob stops church from worshiping at congregation’s new location in just-rented building
This is the vaunted Islamic tolerance of a foremost “moderate” Muslim country. It likely has to do with the fact that Islamic law forbids the construction of new churches. Christians are “forbidden to ring church bells or display crosses, recite the Torah or Evangel aloud, or make public display of their funerals and feastdays, and […]
Indonesia: Woman passes out after couple is lashed 100 times for sex outside marriage
The generally witless Daily Mail gets something right for once, correctly noting that Aceh “is the only place in Muslim-majority Indonesia to administer Sharia.” Usually establishment media reports about Sharia punishments claim that what is being administered is “Aceh’s strict interpretation of Sharia,” or “the Taliban’s,” or whoever may be applying Sharia in a particular […]