Indonesian Woman Caned in Front of Cheering Crowd For Standing Too Close to Her Boyfriend
By Ryan General
A young woman whose only crime was “standing too close to her boyfriend,” was publicly caned at a mosque in Indonesia on Monday.
BANDA ACEH – INDONESIA: An Indonesian Sharia police whips a women during a public caning ceremony outside a mosque in Banda Aceh, capital of Aceh province on December 28, 2015. Aceh is the only province of Indonesia that is enforcing the Islamic Sharia law and violators are punished by public caning. – Barcroft Media
The woman was among the seven men and six women aged between 21 and 30 who were punished under the province’s Sharia law.
BANDA ACEH – INDONESIA: An Indonesian Sharia police whips a women during a public caning ceremony outside a mosque in Banda Aceh, capital of Aceh province on December 28, 2015. Aceh is the only province of Indonesia that is enforcing the Islamic Sharia law and violators are punished by public caning. – Barcroft Media
Aceh is the only province in the Muslim-majority nation that has been imposing Sharia law since it was granted special autonomy by Indonesia’s central government in 2001.
BANDA ACEH – INDONESIA: An Indonesian Sharia police whips a man during a public caning ceremony outside a mosque in Banda Aceh, capital of Aceh province on December 28, 2015. Aceh is the only province of Indonesia that is enforcing the Islamic Sharia law and violators are punished by public caning. – Barcroft Media
Under the strict Islamic laws, offenders may face floggings for engaging in various prohibited acts such as gambling, drinking alcohol, gay sex and others.
BANDA ACEH – INDONESIA: An Indonesian Sharia police whips a women during a public caning ceremony outside a mosque in Banda Aceh, capital of Aceh province on December 28, 2015. Aceh is the only province of Indonesia that is enforcing the Islamic Sharia law and violators are punished by public caning. – Barcroft Media
For the recent batch of “sinners,” six couples were found to have broken the laws banning intimacy. Such offense may have involved touching, hugging and kissing while outside of marriage.
BANDA ACEH – INDONESIA: An Indonesian Sharia police whips a women during a public caning ceremony outside a mosque in Banda Aceh, capital of Aceh province on December 28, 2015. Aceh is the only province of Indonesia that is enforcing the Islamic Sharia law and violators are punished by public caning. – Barcroft Media
One man was reportedly given lashings just for spending time with a female in a hidden location, an action that under the law, may have caused adultery. A pregnant offender’s caning was temporarily postponed until she can give birth.
BANDA ACEH – INDONESIA: An Indonesian Sharia police whips a women during a public caning ceremony outside a mosque in Banda Aceh, capital of Aceh province on December 28, 2015. Aceh is the only province of Indonesia that is enforcing the Islamic Sharia law and violators are punished by public caning. – Barcroft Media
“The punishment will be handed down after she gives birth,” Aceh Deputy Mayor Zainal Arifin was quoted as saying. The mayor also expressed that he hoped the public punishments should serve as a warning to people.
BANDA ACEH – INDONESIA: An Indonesian Sharia police whips a women during a public caning ceremony outside a mosque in Banda Aceh, capital of Aceh province on December 28, 2015. – Barcroft Media
“We hope there are no more people in Banda Aceh who break the law in future,” he said.
BANDA ACEH – INDONESIA: An Indonesian Sharia police whips a women during a public caning ceremony outside a mosque in Banda Aceh, capital of Aceh province on December 28, 2015. Aceh is the only province of Indonesia that is enforcing the Islamic Sharia law and violators are punished by public caning. – Barcroft Media
BANDA ACEH – INDONESIA: An Indonesian Sharia police whips a women during a public caning ceremony outside a mosque in Banda Aceh, capital of Aceh province on December 28, 2015. – Barcroft Media
The number of people being caned in Aceh has been observed to have increased in recent times, with a significant spike in flogged women.
BANDA ACEH – INDONESIA: An Indonesian Sharia police whips a man during a public caning ceremony outside a mosque in Banda Aceh, capital of Aceh province on December 28, 2015. Aceh is the only province of Indonesia that is enforcing the Islamic Sharia law and violators are punished by public caning. – Barcroft Media
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