“In mid-July, the male head of a pesantren (Islamic boarding school) in the ultraconservative province of Aceh, as well as one of the school’s male teachers, were arrested by police for allegedly sexually assaulting 15 of the school’s male students.” The abuse was against male students, and caused such a scandal that the pesantren was […]
Sharia in Indonesia: Women unable to walk after brutal public whippings
“At least two women were left unable to walk after a brutal public whipping in Indonesia as punishment for alleged ‘intimate relations’ outside marriage, with a total of six couples subjected to the brutal ordeal, carried out in accordance with Sharia law.” Where are feminists who call themselves defenders of women’s rights, and other defenders […]
Indonesia: Teen girl and her boyfriend are caned for hugging in public
Sharia morality doesn’t strive to inculcate virtue, that is, the desire to do what is good because it is good. Rather, it seeks to make believers so afraid of harsh punishments that they fear to transgress the law. Sharia establishes an empire of fear. “Teenagers are thrashed for having a cuddle: Woman, 18, and her […]
Indonesia: Aceh village tells coffee shops to cut Wi-Fi so kids don’t get distracted from reading Quran
A glimpse into the future of Europe. “Aceh village tells coffee shops to cut Wi-Fi so kids don’t get distracted from reading Quran,” Coconuts Jakarta, November 23, 2018 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): A village in the Indonesian province of Aceh — the only region in Indonesia with special autonomy to enact religious bylaws […]
Indonesia: Muslims dump raw sewage on heads of couple for violating Sharia
Imagine if a group of Christians, or any group other than Muslims, did this. The outcry would be immediate, immense, and international. There would be commissions and studies about how Christianity inspires people to be brutally and intransigently self-righteous, and warnings to people to leave Christianity for their own sake. But no one will take […]
Indonesia: Gay couple flogged over 80 times, woman caned for selling alcohol, crowd screams “Hit them harder”
The Qur’an contains numerous condemnations of homosexual activity: “And [We had sent] Lot when he said to his people, ‘Do you commit such immorality as no one has preceded you with from among the worlds? Indeed, you approach men with desire, instead of women. Rather, you are a transgressing people.’…And We rained upon them a […]
Indonesia: “Amorous couples” and alleged sex workers whipped for breaking Islamic law
A group of amorous couples and accused sex workers were publicly whipped for breaking Islamic law in Indonesia’s Aceh Friday… This barbaric spectacle was perfectly normal for a society that enforces Islamic law: More than a thousand people, including dozens of tourists from neighbouring Malaysia jeered and screamed abuse at the group of three men […]
Indonesia’s Aceh province takes Sharia caning indoors to hide its abuses after backlash
The Indonesian province of Aceh has become increasingly brutal in its application of Sharia. Several weeks ago, a group of Muslims dumped sewage on the heads of couple for violating the Sharia. Their “crime” was being alone together in a room. From the raid of university campuses in search of gays to floggings for playing […]
Indonesia: Police arrest gay couple in Sharia province Aceh
Will gay rights advocates say a word about this? Of course not. It has long been established that in the hierarchy of politically correct causes, Islam trumps gay rights. When AFDI ran ads highlighting the mistreatment of gays in Islamic law, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors issued a resolution condemning not that mistreatment, but […]
“What you did is against Islam!”: Muslims dump sewage on heads of couple for violating Sharia
Imagine if a group of Christians, or any group other than Muslims, did this. The outcry would be immediate, immense, and international. There would be commissions and studies about how Christianity inspires people to be brutally and intransigently self-righteous, and warnings to people to leave Christianity for their own sake. But no one will take […]