An Indonesian woman collapsed after receiving 100 lashes for premarital sex in the Sharia province of Aceah. Her lover and others were also sentenced to public lashes for “religious transgressions.” The Islamic criminal code in Aceh “includes morality offenses like gambling, adultery, drinking alcohol, and having gay or pre-marital sex.” Sharia prescribes numerous human rights […]
Indonesia: Four couples get 20 lashes for sex outside marriage in Sharia province Aceh
A question to ponder: if the Sharia is considered to be divine law (as it is in normative Islam), then to strictly follow it should be honorable. But notice what happens when people closely abide by Sharia dictates: they become more intolerant, more rigid and more abusive — from advocating beatings and stoning to beheading […]
Indonesia: Sharia police publicly flog two Christians for violating Islamic law by drinking alcohol and gambling
The strictures of Sharia and the penalties for violating its rules are once again on display: two Christian men in Indonesia’s Aceh province were publicly flogged, receiving 40 lashes each from a “masked Sharia officer who beat their backs with a stick.” Their crimes were drinking alcohol and gambling. “The caning comes less than two […]
Indonesia: Gay couple whipped for Sharia-banned sex
A hadith depicts Muhammad specifying the punishment for homosexual activity: “The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, ‘Whoever you find doing the action of the people of Loot, execute the one who does it and the one to whom it is done.’” (Sunan Abu Dawud 4462) Will gay rights […]
Indonesia: Coronavirus restrictions eased so couple could be lashed in Sharia state of Aceh for premarital sex
As with so many applications of Islamic law, we see here again that Sharia is an empire of fear, with virtue enforced by draconian punishments that make people too afraid to step out of line. Behind the Islamic moral critique of the West is not genuine virtue, but people cringing in fear of getting arrested, […]
Indonesia: Terrified woman publicly caned for violating Sharia by having sex outside of marriage
But remember: any criticism of Sharia out of you will immediately show you to be a racist, bigoted “Islamophobe.” “Terrified Indonesian woman is escorted by police before being caned in public for having sex outside marriage in violation of Sharia law,” by Sophie Law, Daily Mail, March 2, 2020: A terrified woman was today dragged […]
Indonesia: Man faints during whipping for Sharia-banned sex as crowd screams “harder, harder”
But remember: if you oppose the human rights violations that Sharia sanctions and enables, Noah Feldman (and many, many others) will call you a racist, bigoted “Islamophobe.” “Indonesian faints during whipping for Sharia-banned sex,” AFP, December 4, 2019: An Indonesian man who fainted as he was being whipped for pre-marital sex Thursday was revived to […]
Indonesia: Muslim cleric publicly flogged for adultery under islamic law he helped draw up
“An Indonesian man who worked for a clerical organization that advises a local government on Islamic law has been caned in public for adultery….Mukhlis bin Muhammad, a member of the Aceh Ulema Council (MPU), was caned 28 times.” And the irony is that he was publicly whipped for breaking the adultery law that he helped […]
Indonesia: Three couples publicly flogged for un-Islamic public affection
What fun the Sharia enforcers are going to have in Europe. “Couples flogged for public affection in Indonesia’s Aceh,” AFP, September 19, 2019 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): A trio of canoodling couples were publicly flogged in Indonesia’s Aceh province on Thursday, charged with breaking local Islamic law that outlaws public displays of affection. […]
Indonesia: 14 men, including a Buddhist, flogged with a cane for relationships with women
Apologists for Sharia in the West routinely insist that it doesn’t apply to non-Muslims. They should explain that to this Buddhist. “Aceh, love affairs contrary to sharia: 14 young men flogged in seven days,” by Mathias Hariyadi, Asia News, August 6, 2019 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): Jakarta (AsiaNews) – Flogged because they had […]