Two university students have been flogged 185 times with rattan sticks in Indonesia for engaging in same-sex sexual relations. An Islamic Shariah court in the conservative Aceh province sentenced the ...

It’s the fourth time that Aceh, the only province in Indonesia to practice Shariah law, has caned people for ... and took them to Sharia police. A Shariah court on Monday sentenced the two ...

Banda Aceh is the largest city and capital of Aceh province, the only Indonesian province that has enforced Sharia law for both Muslims and non-Muslims. It also criminalizes same-sex relationships.

he Banda Aceh Public Order Agency and Wilayatul Hisbah (Satpol PP WH), or “sharia police”, plans to intensify monitoring during of Ramadan to prevent violations of Islamic law under a mandate ...

A man convicted of having same sex relationship is publicly caned by a Sharia Law official in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, February 27, 2025. REUTERS/Riska Munawarah While homosexuality is frowned upon in ...

They were taken to sharia ... Aceh's population as a common punishment for a range of offences that include gambling, drinking alcohol and adultery. The region started using religious law after ...

“They were caned after it was proven that they had a same-sex sexual relationship,” Roslina A Djalil, the head of sharia law enforcement in Aceh, told reporters, adding that the men had been ...

It’s the fourth time that Aceh, the only province in Indonesia to practice Shariah law, has caned people for ... and took them to Sharia police. A Shariah court on Monday sentenced the two ...

"They were caned after it was proven that they had a same-sex sexual relationship," Roslina A Djalil, the head of Sharia law enforcement in Aceh, told reporters, adding that the men had been ...