Stories About ‘Sharia’

The following stories are tagged with the term/s or name/s ‘Sharia’.

Modern Day Witch Hunt

Monday, April 21st, 2008, 46 Comments

A plea to defend Jamaah Ahmadiyah against a modern day witch hunt.

Treason of the Intellectuals

Friday, February 29th, 2008, 60 Comments

The lovely Julia Suryakusuma, and other intellectuals, commit treason.

Sharia Byelaws

Monday, February 18th, 2008, 32 Comments

Sharia inspired bylaws in Indonesia.

Sharia Bonds

Wednesday, October 10th, 2007, 12 Comments

The Finance Ministry’s $1 billion sharia bond issue.

Aceh Reconstruction

Wednesday, September 26th, 2007, 14 Comments

Islamic law hinders reconstruction in Aceh.

Rebecca Soejati Reijman

Wednesday, August 29th, 2007, 44 Comments

Singer Rebecca Suyati Reijman falls afoul of Islamic law in Aceh at a Nidji concert.

Sharia Application

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007, 245 Comments

Sharia can be applied without making Indonesia an Islamic state.

Aceh Abominations

Monday, August 6th, 2007, 10 Comments

Ross asks whether the government is willing to bring some Muslims into the 21st century.

Holy Obligations

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007, 5 Comments

Sharia as a set of personal holy obligations, or as a state-enforced system.

Violations of Human Rights

Monday, June 25th, 2007, 23 Comments

Sharia, caning, and violations of human rights.

Tight Clothing

Friday, June 22nd, 2007, 41 Comments

Women university students in tight clothing.

Fraternizing

Wednesday, June 6th, 2007, 43 Comments

Young men and women are still fraternizing freely in Aceh.

Conservative Moral Values

Monday, May 21st, 2007, 7 Comments

Indonesians have conservative moral values and beliefs and so sharia based laws are natural.

Islamic Caliphate

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007, 17 Comments

Building a new Islamic Caliphate.

Tarmizi Taher

Wednesday, April 25th, 2007, 14 Comments

Tarmizi Taher on building mosques and filling them.

Toilet Sex

Monday, April 23rd, 2007, 12 Comments

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

Boy & Girl Caned

Saturday, April 21st, 2007, 71 Comments

A young boy and girl in Aceh are caned.

Friday Muslim Prayers

Monday, April 16th, 2007, 38 Comments

Muslim prayers in Aceh on Fridays.

Baiturrahman Mosque

Thursday, April 12th, 2007, 7 Comments

Baiturrahman mosque in Banda Aceh.

Salon Waria

Tuesday, April 10th, 2007, 4 Comments

Waria who work in hair dressing salons.

Jimly Asshiddiqie

Thursday, April 5th, 2007, 14 Comments

Constitutional court head Jimly Asshiddiqie on harmonising Islamic law and Indonesian law.

Indonesian Islamic State (NII)

Friday, March 23rd, 2007, 60 Comments

The Indonesian Islamic State (NII, Negara Islam Indonesia) movement.

Citizens’ Arrest

Saturday, March 17th, 2007, 52 Comments

Citizens of Aceh are starting to enforce sharia laws by making arrests themselves.

Hidayat Nur Wahid

Monday, March 12th, 2007, 46 Comments

Hidayat Nur Wahid on the beauty and ugliness of sharia.

Prison Primitive

Monday, March 5th, 2007, 17 Comments

Putting criminals in prison is primitive, says Abu Bakar Bashir.

Women Judges

Sunday, March 4th, 2007, 85 Comments

Women cannot be judges under sharia law, says a senior Egyptian judge.

Aceh Sharia Non-Negotiable

Wednesday, February 28th, 2007, 152 Comments

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

Bashir Visit

Friday, February 23rd, 2007, 8 Comments

Abu Bakar Bashir attempts to meet president Yudhoyono, and advise him.

Muslim Clothing

Wednesday, February 21st, 2007, 51 Comments

An example of a Muslim dress code and clothing law from West Sumatra.

Sharia Law Courts

Monday, February 12th, 2007, 2 Comments

Aceh doesn’t have enough qualified judges for its sharia law courts.

Pamekasan Protest

Monday, January 22nd, 2007, 12 Comments

Artists in Pamekasan, Madura protest a law against the staging of theatrical and other entertainment shows.

Sharia Wimps

Friday, January 19th, 2007, 14 Comments

Regional branches of the Ulema Council are urged not to be limp-wristed about encouraging local sharia laws.

Syariah Banking

Monday, January 15th, 2007, 4 Comments

Jusuf Kalla says a sharia based financial system will better create prosperity.

UnIslamic Behaviour

Wednesday, December 27th, 2006, 53 Comments

The sharia police of Aceh have begun a month long campaign against unislamic behaviour.

Hand Amputation

Saturday, December 16th, 2006, 46 Comments

It is proposed that thieves in Aceh have their hands amputated.

Sharia Warnings

Saturday, November 25th, 2006, 3 Comments

Investment and international relations could be harmed by sharia laws, says Euro MP, Hartmut Nassauer.

Islamic Laws in Padang

Friday, November 17th, 2006, 26 Comments

The Padang government enforces an “Islamic” dress code for students and forbids women from going out at night alone.

Sharia Complaints

Thursday, October 26th, 2006, 14 Comments

The Communion of Churches in Indonesia (PGI) recently held a seminar in which participants voiced their complaints about creeping sharia in the provinces.

Gays & Sharia

Sunday, October 22nd, 2006, 5 Comments

Regional laws based on Islamic sharia and their effect on homosexuals, gays, lesbians, and bisexuals in Indonesia.

Freedom of Religion Report

Tuesday, October 3rd, 2006, 4 Comments

The International Religious Freedom Report 2006 for Indonesia by the American Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor.

Survey Results

Sunday, August 27th, 2006, 1 Comment

A survey says over a third of Indonesian Muslims desire an Islamic state, while half don’t, among other things.

Peeping Toms

Thursday, August 24th, 2006, 4 Comments

The religious police in Aceh were caught peeping through bedroom windows at the World Food Programme headquarters in Banda Aceh.

Adultery & Wilayatul Hisbah

Tuesday, August 1st, 2006, 35 Comments

As two people are caned for adultery in Aceh a report comes out claiming that women and the poor are victimised by sharia law in the province, enforced by the Wilayatul Hisbah.

Christian Law

Tuesday, July 25th, 2006, 27 Comments

Sexual immorality is the enemy of not only Muslims in Indonesia but also Christians, says a senior religious leader.

Non-Muslims Support Sharia

Tuesday, July 25th, 2006, 9 Comments

The mayor of Bulukumba in south Sulawesi says non-Muslims support the imposition of sharia law in his regency.

Partai Bulan Bintang & Sharia

Tuesday, July 18th, 2006, 3 Comments

The Partai Bulan Bintang (PBB), or Crescent Star Party, is holding its national conference and the issue of sharia law is on the minds of the leadership of this Islamic party.

Separation of State & Religion

Friday, July 14th, 2006, 4 Comments

The Jakarta Post continues its lone battle against sharia.

SBY Will Be Judged

Sunday, July 9th, 2006, 6 Comments

Abu Bakar Ba’asyir says the leaders of the country put their souls at risk by not applying Islamic sharia law.

Sharia Issue Settled

Thursday, July 6th, 2006, 1 Comment

Parliamentarians have agreed to drop the sharia issue while vice president Jusuf Kalla continues to offer his thoughts on the matter.

Reactions to Anti-Sharia Push

Friday, June 16th, 2006, 5 Comments

The attempts by legislators to have Islamic type laws repealed have met with a lukewarm response from the government.

MP’s Denounce Sharia Laws

Wednesday, June 14th, 2006, 2 Comments

Pressure on the existence of sharia type laws in the provinces grows as fifty-six members of parliament in Jakarta demand their annulment.

Hasyim Muzadi Interview

Sunday, May 14th, 2006, No Comments

Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) is the largest Muslim body in the country and is chiefly responsible for the reputation of Indonesia as a place of moderate Islam. Its current leader, Hasyim Muzadi, gives his opinions on the sharia debate.

Preparatory Committee for the Application of Islamic Laws

Wednesday, May 10th, 2006, No Comments

The growing application of sharia based laws in the province of South Sulawesi, and elsewhere, is bound up in the role of a group called the Preparatory Committee for the Application of Islamic Laws.

Religious Freedom Report

Sunday, May 7th, 2006, 7 Comments

Indonesia remains on the “Watch List” in the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom report for 2006.

Eighteen Regencies Sharia Bound

Thursday, May 4th, 2006, 2 Comments

Syafi’i Anwar, of the International Centre for Islam and Pluralism (ICIP), remarks on the growing demand for sharia based law in provincial areas of Indonesia.

Christians Subject To Islamic Law

Wednesday, April 26th, 2006, 6 Comments

Whether to apply Islamic law to non-Muslims in Aceh, like Christians.

Koran Reading Ability In South Sulawesi

Tuesday, April 18th, 2006, 1 Comment

The provincial government of South Sulawesi has decided that ability to read the Koran is a must for Muslim citizens.

The Trouble With Syariah

Sunday, April 16th, 2006, 5 Comments

Mardiyah Chamim, an Indonesian journalist, writes about her experiences of the application of sharia, or syariah, law in the province of Aceh in northern Sumatra.

South East Asian Islam

Saturday, April 15th, 2006, No Comments

Two leading Islamic intellectual figures discuss sharia, and the nature of Islam in south east Asia as compared to the middle eastern form.

Islamist vs Secular Parties

Wednesday, March 29th, 2006, 2 Comments

It’s common practise for analysts of Indonesian politcal affairs to divide parties into two groups, Islamist, and secular.

Tangerang Morality Building

Saturday, March 18th, 2006, 4 Comments

The municipality of Tangerang, an industrial satelite city of Jakarta with about 3 million unfortunate inhabitants, has passed a number of draconian laws against prostitution and drinking.

Support for Sharia & Islamic Radicalism

Friday, March 17th, 2006, 4 Comments

Support for Sharia & Islamic Radicalism.

Aceh Caning Picture

Thursday, March 2nd, 2006, 37 Comments

Aceh Caning Picture.

Friday Prayers & Selling Food

Monday, February 27th, 2006, No Comments

The latest foray in this area sees the local government attempt to ban the selling of food during Friday prayers.

Constitutional Court President on Sharia

Wednesday, February 15th, 2006, No Comments

The Constitutional Court President speaks on the sharia issue.

Aceh Public Canings

Wednesday, February 15th, 2006, 6 Comments

A public caning in Aceh.

Padang, Sumatra Sharia Laws

Thursday, February 9th, 2006, 1 Comment

Sharia laws in Padang, Sumatra.

Creeping Sharia Draws Protests

Wednesday, February 1st, 2006, 4 Comments

Creeping sharia in Indonesian draws protests.

Aceh Sharia Laws on Female Dress

Thursday, January 26th, 2006, No Comments

Sharia laws in Aceh on female dress.

Allianz Indonesia Sharia Life Insurance Policies

Tuesday, January 24th, 2006, 1 Comment

Allianz Indonesia is planning to offer sharia life insurance policies.

Muslim Radicalism in 2005

Thursday, December 29th, 2005, 3 Comments

Examples of Muslim radicalism in 2005.

Hysteria in Aceh

Saturday, December 24th, 2005, 15 Comments

Islamic leaders in the Indonesian province of Aceh have claimed that aid and charity workers are secretly attempting to convert the Acehenese to Christianity.

Disrespect For Law

Friday, December 23rd, 2005, No Comments

Disrespect for law in Indonesia.

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