Posted on 04/21/2012 2:30:21 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Sharia police in Aceh, the only Indonesian province to practise the Islamic law, caned a homeless “punk” couple nine times Friday after they were caught having pre-marital sex in public.
Around 100 people in the town of Langsa watched and cheered when Shariah police in green-and-black hoods caned the 21-year-old woman and her 23-year--old boyfriend, along with 11 others convicted of gambling.
“Those kids are punks. They were caught having sex by the public and were arrested by Shariah police,” Langsa prosecutor’s office head Putra Masduri said.
Masduri said the couple were often seen loitering on the streets dressed as punks, however they dressed in traditional white Islamic clothing for their caning.
Although they were arrested for pre-marital sex, their punishment comes amid a crackdown on punks in the province, in which police have raided cafes and parks to detain youths contributing to what authorities call a “social disease.”
In December, more than 60 young punk fans were detained at a concert and forced to undergo a 10--day “moral rehabilitation” camp run by police.
The youths had their hair cut or shaved, and were forced to bathe in a lake, wear conservative clothes, and pray, provoking a flurry of criticism from human rights groups and punk fans around the world.
Aceh, on the northernmost tip of Sumatra island, adopted partial Shariah law in 2001 as part of a special autonomy package aimed at quelling separatist sentiment.
Only Muslims can be charged under Shariah law, although the non-Muslim community is expected to follow some of the rules out of respect.
Nearly 90 percent of Indonesia’s 240 million people are Muslims, but the vast majority practise a moderate form of Islam.
Now there's two groups I wouldn't want to have ticked off at me. (Insert eyeroll here.)
Yes we cane!
Holding hands?
They are lucky that this electrical engineer did not successfully complete his project: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2874894/posts.
Actually, they got off easy. See how Phinehas, the grandson of Aaron, handled the Israelite man who brought a Midianite woman into his tent: Numbers 25.6-8. An involuntary crewcut hurts less than a javelin-thrust to a sensitive area of the body.
If couples having pre-marital sex in the US were caned, the volume necessary would cause a cane shortage within a month.
Punks not dead.
“See how Phinehas, the grandson of Aaron, handled the Israelite man who brought a Midianite woman into his tent: Numbers 25.6-8. “
God has His standards. Anyway, there was more going on there than premarital sex. There was intercourse with unbelievers/non covenant people (strictly forbidden) The offense is called whoredom, so I assume it was not two young people ever so in love with each other; rather, the use of prostitutes. Also, there was idolatry involved - worship of Baal.
“1And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.
2And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.
3And Israel joined himself unto Baalpeor: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel.
4And the LORD said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the LORD against the sun, that the fierce anger of the LORD may be turned away from Israel.
5And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his men that were joined unto Baalpeor.
6And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto his brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, who were weeping before the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
7And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from among the congregation, and took a javelin in his hand;
8And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel.
9And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand.
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