Aceh, at the tip of Sumatra, is the only region in Indonesia to impose sharia law
It allows flogging for a range of offences including “runs business” and adultery.
Several Indonesians gathered on Monday to witness 2 women as they were lashed 100 times for advertising their “runs business” online.
Aceh, at the tip of Sumatra, is the only region in Muslim-majority Indonesia to impose Islamic sharia law, which allows flogging for a range of offences including “runs”, gambling, adultery, drinking alcohol, and “same gender love”.
‘They were punished for violating sharia by advertising [their business] through the internet,’ Asmanuddin said.
‘This is the first (pimping) case in Langsa although we believe there are many of them out there,’ Asmanuddin said.
‘We just don’t have the necessary tools to monitor them online.’
Rights groups have slammed public caning as cruel, and Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo has called for it to end.
But the practice has wide support among Aceh’s mostly Muslim population.
Source – Daily Mail UK
