after a 9.1 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Sumatra, in Indonesia.
Posted on 10/21/2016 5:19:36 PM PDT by T Ruth
Banda Aceh: A young woman screamed in pain as she was caned Monday in front of a jeering crowd in Indonesia’s Aceh, the latest person to be punished for breaking the province’s strict Islamic laws.
Aceh is the only province in the country that follows Sharia law. The woman was among 13 people - seven men and six women aged between 21 and 30 - who were caned Monday in the provincial capital Banda Aceh, as an assembled crowd cheered.
Six couples were found guilty of breaking laws that ban intimacy, such as touching, hugging and kissing, between unmarried people.
A man was caned for a less serious offence described as spending time with a member of the opposite sex in a hidden location in a fashion that could lead to adultery.
One 22-year-old woman due to be flogged was given a temporary reprieve as she was pregnant - but Aceh Deputy Mayor Zainal Arifin pledged: “The punishment will be handed down after she gives birth.”
The official added that he hoped the canings would serve as a deterrent: “We hope there are no more people in Banda Aceh who break the law in future.”
More and more people are being caned in Aceh, with a particular increase in recent times in the number of women being flogged.
Aceh, on Sumatra island, began implementing Sharia law after being granted special autonomy in 2001, an attempt by the central government in Jakarta to quell a long-running separatist insurgency. More from Asia
Coming soon to America if Hillary is elected!!!
Surely Hillary Xlinton will call for “women’s rights”
Sharia...from one end to the other, the 180° opposite of civilization.
Wasn’t Banda Acheh was wiped out by the tsunami?
I wonder if the Clinton Foundation accepted money from this country? If so, they should return it.
These “officials” are worse than Nazis and simply should be killed. And we could do it. Easily. Sadly, our President is on their side.
You could see from the look on Hillarys face when Trump challenged her on that topic that she would rather give up a grandchild than all of that money.
Yes, it did. (Too tired to bring up the link, but just Google it.)
They need another massive tsunami.
You’d think they would have got the message and turned to God. But they stuck with Islam instead.
Indeed. After nearly 214 years there is a little more than 16 more days before America decides to perish or survive.
Why am I not surprised?
They didn’t learn after the tsunami, f them
Yup - IIRC, billions of dollars in aid went their way. I scratched my head at the time. Most of these people would slit our throats, given half a chance. Very hard-core islamists.
But it’s OK to rape. Islam is the “religion” of cretins.
Too bad that tower to Satan wasn’t leveled.
Now wait, just imagine all the welfare mamas this could cure.
See, Muslims DO accept equality for women. Islam is so progressive!
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