Indonesian Couple Whipped 100 Times For Premarital Sex – And Other Sharia Law Punishments That Shock The West
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Indonesian Couple Whipped 100 Times For Premarital Sex – And Other Sharia Law Punishments That Shock The West
An unmarried couple were publicly caned 100 times each in Indonesia's Aceh province on Wednesday, 29 May, after a Sharia court found them guilty of engaging in premarital sex. The punishment was carried out in Banda Aceh, the provincial capital, with dozens of onlookers gathering to witness the flogging in an event sanctioned by religious authorities.The pair, whose names have not been released, were sentenced under Aceh's Qanun Jinayat, an Isla…
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