Aceh Caning Picture

A picture from late January 2006 of a man who had been caned 40 times. Source .

The explanatory note to the picture says that his body was able to withstand the punishment but he was taken to hospital for fear that he was in …

Comment by Acap: … the big deal with caning anyway? Everybody knows thats …

May 1998 Jakarta Riots

… of dominant discourse may lead to a better comprehension on what happened in those three days of atrocities.

Comment by ultratupai: … methods (flogging, caning, etc),” it said. “The …

Khofifah Indar Parawansa

On whether women, in this case Khofifah Indar Parawansa, are suitable for regional leadership positions.

On 28th March Suryadharma Ali of the Development Party, Partai Persatuan Pembangunan (PPP) announced the candidacy of Khofifah Indar Parawansa for the East Java governor's election in July.

Khofifah Indar Parawansa.

Khofifah is the head of the womens' wing of Nahdlatul Ulama, …

Comment by Murphy: … bylaws on caning is simply hilarious. But let …

Corporal Punishment

Ross worries that western do-gooders are trying to have spanking and caning outlawed.

Another remarkable sign of how Third World countries are being coerced and cajoled into accepting decadent drivel from the West appeared in the Jakarta Post 20/11. The frontpage article began with an exhortation to parents not to pinch or slap their children and to report any other parent whom they saw committing these heinous sins.

At a time when even the Brown …

Street Beggars

Laws against giving money to street beggars.

A new public order by-law in Jakarta forbids the giving of money to beggars, buskers, car windscreen cleaners, and street kids, or the buying of food or goods from illegal roadside stalls. On 10th September all seven parties represented at the city council agreed on the bylaw, which is intended to replace a 1988 regulation and is hoped to make …

Comment by dewaratugedeanom: … corruption. Maybe caning will help?

Aceh Tourism

Islamic law helps tourism in Aceh.

The head of the Aceh Tourism department, Cipta Hunai, said on 30th August that the application of Islamic law in the province would not have a negative effect on tourist numbers and tourism development generally, but instead the opposite.

Islamic law certainly won't [negatively] influence the tourist sector, rather it might give Aceh a special …

Comment by Enigmatic: … some public caning in their itineraries or - in the …

Sharia Application

Sharia can be applied without making Indonesia an Islamic state.

Fuad Amsyari of the Crescent Star Party, Partai Bulan Bintang (PBB), said in Jakarta on 21st August that the basic form of the state, Pancasila, did not need to be changed in order that sharia be applied. Instead, every law that was made could incorporate Islamic law.

It was a mistake to think that sharia application …

Comment by Pieter: … from Holland for caning the sinners! Since he will be …

Hizb ut-Tahrir

Hizb ut-Tahrir's caliphate conference in Jakarta.

About 70,000 people attended the International Khilafah Conference at Senayan stadium in Jakarta on 13th August hosted by Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI), in the interests of furthering the goal of restoring the caliphate , or worldwide Islamic state .

Hizb ut-Tahrir.

Waving flags and chanting "Allahu Akbar" (God is great), the …

Comment by Sylvester: … whipping/caning, neck hanging, neck chopping? …

National Insults

Indonesia has suffered a great number of insults to its pride and integrity recently.

Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) leader Hasyim Muzadi said on June 30th that Indonesia had recently suffered two terrible and embarrassing blows, the dancing resurgence of the South Moluccas Republic movement (Republik Maluku Selatan, (RMS)) in Ambon, and the banning of Indonesian Airlines from European airspace, …

Comment by Raden: … of paper issues - caning young couples who are kissing in …

Violations of Human Rights

Sharia, caning, and violations of human rights.

IAIN professor of Islamic law in Banda Aceh, Ar Raniry Al Yasa' Abubakar, says:

There are some concerns that Islamic law violates human rights.

The application of sharia in Aceh was not yet complete or perfect, he said, and still needed time, and besides it represented the will of God.

In Indonesia this is the first time sharia has been …

Comment by Arema: … violations, caning, bla2 happening everyday. …

Fraternizing

Young men and women are still mixing freely in Aceh.

The Majelis Permusyawaratan Ulama (MPU), a clerical body, said in May that "cafes" in the capital Banda Aceh, like roadside stalls and simple restaurants, were still allowing young girls and boys, who weren't related to each other or married, to fraternize unsupervised by sitting next to each other, even while it was time to …

Comment by Raden: … is wrong, the caning etc in Syariah Law will not …

Islamic Leaders

People trust religious leaders the most and view religion as the basis of nationality.

A survey of 1,173 people carried out by the Islamic and Sociological Research Center (PPIM), Pusat Pengkajian Islam dan Masyarakat, at the Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University in Jakarta (IAIN) asked respondents who they trusted the most detik :

religious leaders - 41%.
the …

Comment by Aluang Anak Bayang: … there is stoning, caning, amputation and beheading after …

Bursah Zarnubi

The Reform Star Party is undergoing religious training, while its women members wear sexy clothing, says Bursah Zarnubi.

The leader of the Reform Star Party, Partai Bintang Reformasi (PBR), Bursah Zarnubi, says his party, which won 2.4% in the 2004 elections , is currently deepening its knowledge of Islam:

At the moment we are studying Islamic religious teachings.

Bursah …

Comment by Mohammed Khafi: … will they? The caning outside the mosque is not Gods …

Illegitimate Children

There are no more "haram" children in Surabaya.

The head of the civil registry office in Surabaya, East Java, says illegitimate children will no longer by called "haram" ("forbidden", in Islam) by his office and will be able to obtain birth certificates that say:

....a child from a woman....

Imam Sugondo says the measure has been taken to prevent illegitimate children suffering …

Comment by Colson: … the shaming, the caning and the beheading believers or …

Toilet Sex

A sharia policeman in Aceh is caught in toilet sex with a teenage girl.

Several cases of sex crimes by officials recently in Aceh:

First on 12th April 2007 Puji Wijayanto, a senior judge at the State Court in Sabang, Aceh, was arrested in a hotel room along with a woman he is not married to by the sharia police, Wilayatul Hisbah (WH). His case will likely be taken to the Sharia Court …

Comment by Bas: … if there is a caning threat. That just make the …

Boy & Girl Caned

… cheered as each stroke landed on her back.

Aceh Map.

Since 2006 there have ten public canings in Aceh Besar regency for offences against Islamic sharia law. antara tempo

Comment by Mohammed Khafi: … will be subject to caning and your witnesses won’t be …

Sunni vs Shia

Hasyim Muzadi plans to cool the Sunni vs Shia conflict in Iraq.

Hasyim Muzadi, the leader of Nahdlatul Ulama, says he wants to be the mediator in the Sunni versus Shia bloodbath in Iraq. In Jakarta in early April 2007 Hasyim will lead a conference which seeks to find the best solution to the conflict, a conference which will include participants from many Muslim countries in the world.

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Comment by Aluang anak Bayang: … little hint about caning, stoning and amputation, they …

Violence Against Women

… Aceh as carried out by the religious police ( wilayatul hisbah ), referencing the practice of caning and "kawin cina buta", the latter being a complicated affair of marrying, divorcing, then remarrying the same person, said to be common in Aceh refugee camps. detik komnasperempuan

Hidayat Nur Wahid

… sharia should not be restricted to legalistic forms, and should not be too much associated with caning, stoning, hand amputation, and such like.

To Hidayat some matters that should be associated more strongly with applying sharia in a full, complete way were cleanliness and good hygiene, so as to avoid disease, elimination of corruption among officials and businessmen, because Islamic law forbade bribery and dishonesty, and professionalism at one's work, so as to avoid transport …

Aceh Sharia Non-Negotiable

Sharia in Aceh is non-negotiable, says a young cleric.

Faisal Ali, the head of "Rabithah Thaliban", an organisation of Islamic school students in Aceh, says the issue of sharia is not a "political commodity". Speaking in response to criticisms voiced at an international conference in the capital Banda Aceh of the implementation of sharia and whether it was really desired by the people he …

Comment by Bas: … do to get a good caning. Seriously, shariah, what a …

The Vespa Lifestyle

Female students at the University of Indonesia no longer ride around on Vespa scooters half naked.

The "Vespa Girls" at the UI of the roaring 70's, who apparently once cruised about on Italian motor scooters between classes, sometimes wearing no underwear under their mini-skirts, are no longer with us. These exponents of the Vespa Lifestyle at the nation's pre-eminent seat of learning have …

Comment by Ihaknt: … it! And that caning girls for not wearing it is a …

Sharia Law Courts

… khalwat (premarital sex), and one on dress codes. Punishments for these offences can involve caning.

District courts in the province no longer deal with cases which fall under the authority of these seven qanun, with such cases being heard at sharia courts.

A regulation on the establishment of the Sharia High Court was introduced in 2005, and it has since dealt with 157 cases. Of these cases, 103 were brought to the court in 2005, 53 in 2006 and one case so far this year. …

Yusuf Lakaseng

PBR leader Yusuf Lakaseng has been reported to the police for blasphemy against Islam by Zaenal Ma'arif.

Zaenal Ma'arif, the one of the chairman of the Indonesian parliament, was expelled from the Partai Bintang Reformasi (PBR) on 8th January 2007 due to the fact that he had, in late December 2006, took a second wife and thereby become polygamous (see Zaenal Maarif ). The expulsion of …

Comment by Achmad Sudarsono: … - we can do caning instead. - Tomalcum: your …

Freedom of Religion Report

… period, the Government caned at least eighty-four persons in Aceh for violation of Shari'a [ caning, various]: thirteen for being alone with persons of the opposite sex who were not blood relatives, seventeen for consuming alcohol, and fifty-four for gambling. Public canings sometimes drew crowds in the thousands. The Government sentenced some persons to up to forty lashings; some persons subsequently required hospitalization. Unlike during the last reporting period, those the …

Frozen Eel Exports

… leocomalaquita, and green malaquita had been discovered in frozen eels sold by P.T. Medan Tropical Caning and Frozen Industries.

The chemicals in question can cause damage to the skin and long term consumption can contribute to cancer onset.

Martani Huseini of the sub-department for Fisheries exports said that his authority had already given a formal warning to Medan Tropical Caning and Frozen Industries over the matter and any further violations would see the company's export permit …

Adultery & Wilayatul Hisbah

… metrotvnews
reuters

Meanwhile, an Italian man, a worker for an NGO in Aceh, may also face caning for sexual offences. The amorous Italian, named Giuseppe, is being held by police for reportedly having "known" a local girl, named Wardiana, as well as for drug offences.

The Italian man was surprised by Acehnese Syariah police at a house in Pulo Kiton, Bireuen village, while in the act of celebrating his love for his Acehnese girlfriend, several days ago, said police Senior …

Non-Muslims Support Sharia

… read the Qur'an for students and budding newlyweds. One village in Bulukumba has also instituted caning punishments for transgressions of some of the above laws. (see Preparatory Committee for the Application of Islamic Laws.)

It is claimed that since these laws began to be implemented in 2001 crime rates have dropped by 85%, there are no longer street stalls that dare to sell alcohol, school students no longer get into brawls.

The rates of murder and rape used to be high, now …

Preparatory Committee for the Application of Islamic Laws

… in one village, Padang, in Bulukumba, the village head took the initiative himself and instituted caning punishments. So far caning has been done on three occasions: once for a man who had beaten a child, another for a man who had ill-treated a person in some uncertain manner, and once for a man who had sent a married woman a letter which aroused the displeasure of the woman's husband.

However it has not been all smooth sailing for Azis and the Committee. The police have taken an …

Religious Freedom Report

… couples found engaging in "immoral" behavior, or women found without headscarves. Public caning punishments are now commonplace in some towns, particularly for gambling. Non-Muslims are exempt from sharia provisions in Aceh.

Not for much longer: http://www.indonesiamatters.com/286/christians-subject-to-islamic-law/. Also The Trouble with Syariah.

A vocal and influential minority of Indonesians continues to call for implementation of sharia law throughout Indonesia. An …

Comment by Bill: … got that photo of caning in Aceh. I am working on a book …

Friday Prayers & Selling Food

… those who miss three Friday prayers in a row are, theoretically only so far, subject to public caning.

Aceh Public Canings

A public caning in Aceh.

The first time that public canings were carried out in the Indonesian province of Aceh was a cause of much press comment but clearly the novelty of it has worn off. The latest canings, of six people, for gambling offences, were reported in the English press only by Xinhua as far as I can tell.

This time, on Sunday the 13th of February, five out of seven …

Comment by John W: … I think public caning should be used more widely after …