I’ve lost track, is the media still referring to Indonesia as a “moderate” Muslim country these days?
Via IBT:
The government of Indonesia’s Aceh province has approved a new law obliging every citizen to follow the sharia Islamic legal code regardless of their religion.
Councillor Abdulah Saleh told the Jakarta Post that the new behaviour law, or qanun jinayat, “does indeed oblige everyone in Aceh to follow sharia without exception.”
Saleh said that the qanun stipulated that all those found to have violated sharia would be tried under Islamic law regardless of their religion.
Non-Muslim violators of Indonesia’s national ciminal code (KUHP) will be given the option to choose between a sharia court or a regular court – but both courts will adhere to islamic legislation.
“If the violation committed by a non-Muslim is not regulated in the KUHP then the violator will automatically be tried in a sharia court, without exception” Saleh continued.
Violations of sharia that are not mentioned in the KUHP include drinking liquor, khalwat (affectionate contact between an unmarried couple), not wearing a headscarf or wearing tight pants for women.
Anyone found drinking alcohol or breaching the codes on moral behaviour, whether residents or visitors to Aceh, could face between six and nine lashes of the cane. Three violations of the dress code could lead to nine lashes.