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Sharia & Discriminatory By-Laws

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April 8, 2012

Jakarta Post - April 8, 2012

Indonesia's only province ruled by hard-line Sharia law elects its governor on Monday, in polls watched by militant Muslims pushing for an Islamic government nationwide.

March 29, 2012

Antara News - March 29, 2012

Broadcast regulators in Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara, have admonished two Jakarta-based TV stations over live performances by dangdut singer Julia Perez on popular music shows.

Jakarta Post - March 29, 2012

Dumai – Casual sex among teenagers in Dumai, Riau, is a cause for concern as out of wedlock pregnancies have been on the rise and have led to fledgling marriages.

March 25, 2012

Jakarta Post - March 25, 2012

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – Islamic sharia remains the main political sales pitch among gubernatorial candidates to enable them to win the upcoming Aceh regional election scheduled

March 24, 2012

Jakarta Globe - March 24, 2012

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – Wider implementation of Shariah law, greater economic empowerment and better governance were among the platforms espoused on Friday by the five gubernatorial

March 19, 2012

Jakarta Globe - March 19, 2012

Anita Rachman & Arientha Primanita – A high-ranking member of Indonesia's highest Islamic authority has urged Muslims not to attend Lady Gaga's upcoming concert in Jakarta, declarin

March 10, 2012

Jakarta Globe - March 10, 2012

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – Five men accused of gambling were caned six times each while hundreds of people watched in Aceh on Friday.

February 26, 2012

Jakarta Globe - February 26, 2012

Samantha Michaels & Emily Johnson, Banda Aceh – It's New Year's Eve, and a group of young friends have gathered at an outdoor basketball court in Banda Aceh for a late-night jam ses

February 19, 2012

Jakarta Globe - February 19, 2012

Dessy Sagita – Calls to ban liquor sales in Indonesia may hurt the nation's tourism industry, an official at the Home Affairs Ministry said on Saturday, commenting on the draft bill pro

February 17, 2012

Antara News - February 17, 2012

Padang – State Prosecutor Zulkardiman demanded that two alleged striptease dancers, SS and NA, receive 18 months in prison on Thursday.

February 16, 2012

Antara News - February 16, 2012

An Islam-based political party has proposed a new draft bill to ban alcohol sales in Indonesia.

February 13, 2012

Antara News - February 13, 2012

For yet another year, Valentine's Day is receiving little love from conservative Islamic groups across Indonesia, who contend the holiday goes against the religious values to which all

February 12, 2012

Jakarta Post - February 12, 2012

Jakarta – Dozens of Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI), Sukabumi branch members rallied at Sukabumi City Square on Sunday to protest the celebration of Valentine's Day that falls on Feb.

January 28, 2012

Sydney Morning Herald - January 28, 2012

Tom Allard – With its brightly lit glass cubicles displaying scantily clad women to passing pedestrians, there's no place in Indonesia, or the Islamic world, quite like Surabaya's Dolly

January 18, 2012

Jakarta Post - January 18, 2012

Jakarta – After the Home Ministry recently urged regions to revise their alcohol bylaws, the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) has turned the tables and requested that the minister evaluat

January 17, 2012

Jakarta Globe - January 17, 2012

Aidi Yursal & Dessy Sagita, Medan – Calls for an Aceh-style crackdown on the punk community have spread to neighboring North Sumatra, but authorities in Medan are taking a more tole

January 16, 2012

Direct Action - January 16, 2012

James Balowski, Jakarta – A group of music lovers organising a charity concert in Indonesia's northernmost province of Aceh are the latest victims of the province's discriminatory and

January 14, 2012

Jakarta Post - January 14, 2012

Yuli Tri Suwarni and Multa Fidrus, Bandung/Tangerang – A number of regional administrations are insisting on keeping bylaws that ban the distribution of liquor despite the government's

January 13, 2012

Jakarta Post - January 13, 2012

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung, West Java – The Bandung municipal administration has said that it will stick to its alcohol bylaw and continue to carry out inspections on roadside stores and

Jakarta Globe - January 13, 2012

Keyko Ranti Ramadhani – Women's rights activists have criticized the action of police officers in Tangerang who scolded two girls for wearing shorts prior to a football match.

January 12, 2012

Jakarta Globe - January 12, 2012

Tangerang Police are defending their actions after a photograph emerged of officers reprimanding what appear to be underaged girls for wearing shorts.

January 1, 2012

Deutsche Presse Agentur - January 1, 2012

Ahmad Pathoni, Banda Aceh – Four people were killed in two separate armed attacks on New Year's Eve in Indonesia's Aceh province, police and a resident said on Sunday.

December 23, 2011

Jakarta Post - December 23, 2011

Jakarta – An anti-graft non-governmental organization has alleged that former members of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM), now members of the local `government, were involved in corrupt pra

Jakarta Globe - December 23, 2011

Farouk Arnaz – Sixty-five punk rock enthusiasts detained by the Aceh Police and sent for "re-education" were released on Friday after 10 days of spiritual and physical coaching.

December 22, 2011

Jakarta Globe - December 22, 2011

Arientha Primanita & Antara – Muslims students and clerics in staunchly Islamic Aceh on Wednesday came to the defense of the local authorities, saying that punks were trying to unde

December 20, 2011

Jakarta Globe - December 20, 2011

Arientha Primanita – Aceh Governor Irwandi Yusuf said on Tuesday that police actions to re-educate punks did not violate human rights and instead showed government concern towards the p

Associated Press - December 20, 2011

Fakhrurradzie Gade, Seulawah, Indonesia – Mohawks buzzed and noses free of piercings, dozens of youths march in military-style for hours beneath Indonesia's tropical sun – part of effor

Jakarta Post - December 20, 2011

Mustaqim Adamrah, Jakarta – About 20 people staged a protest in front of the Indonesian Consulate General in San Francisco, the United States, on Monday in connection with the arrest of

December 19, 2011

Jakarta Globe - December 19, 2011

Farouk Arnaz – The arrest of 64 punks in Banda Aceh for the alleged crime of being "punk" spurred a group of punks under the name of Solidarity for Aceh Punks United to rally in front o

Jakarta Globe - December 19, 2011

A group of self-proclaimed anarchist-punks in Moscow have released a video that shows them allegedly defacing the Indonesian embassy in Moscow in a show of support for dozens of punks b

Jakarta Post - December 19, 2011

Tifa Asrianti and Novia D.

December 18, 2011

Jakarta Globe - December 18, 2011

Nurdin Hasan – "We are not criminals but we were beaten up like animals when the [police] tried to arrest us.

Jakarta Post - December 18, 2011

The Banda Aceh Ulema Assembly (MPU) accused dozens of youths described as "punks" that were arrested during a concert at the city's cultural park, of manipulating the concert permit.

December 17, 2011

Jakarta Globe - December 17, 2011

Nurdin Hasan & Dessy Sagita, Banda Aceh – Amid rows of youths dressed in police uniforms, 15-year-old Arismunadar kept his head bowed and answered in brief snatches when questioned

December 16, 2011

Jakarta Globe - December 16, 2011

Michelle Natalie – News of the recent detainment and "re-education" of some 60 punks in Banda Aceh has stirred up a hornet's nest of outrage among local and international punk rock comm

December 14, 2011

Agence France Presse - December 14, 2011

Nurdin Hasan – Indonesian sharia police are "morally rehabilitating" more than 60 young punk rock fans in Aceh province on Sumatra island, saying the youths are tarnishing the province'

Jakarta Globe - December 14, 2011

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – Deputy mayor Illiza Sa'aduddin Djamal says she doesn't mind getting her hands dirty in her crusade against the punk community of Banda Aceh, proudly telling o

December 13, 2011

Jakarta Globe - December 13, 2011

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – Dozens of young people were being held and punished by Aceh police on Tuesday for the supposed crime of being "punk," despite not being charged with any crime

December 12, 2011

Jakarta Globe - December 12, 2011

Antara & Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – Arab movies good. Punk rock bad.

November 28, 2011

Jakarta Post - November 28, 2011

Jon Afrizal, Jambi – The Jambi Malay Custom Institute has called on soon-to-be married couples not to engage in intimate picture-taking arguing that it is against Islamic law.

Jakarta Post - November 28, 2011

Arya Dipa, Bandung – The West Java provincial branch of the Indonesian Broadcasting Commission (KPID) has called on all radio and television stations in the province to refrain from bro

November 23, 2011

Jakarta Post - November 23, 2011

Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Surabaya – Last year's plan by Surabaya's municipal administration to close down Dolly, one of the most notorious red-light districts in Southeast Asia, has yet to

November 12, 2011

Jakarta Globe - November 12, 2011

The municipal government of Depok, one of Jakarta's satellite cities, banned advertisement billboards featuring 'sexy' women this month.

November 10, 2011

Jakarta Post - November 10, 2011

Jambi – The Jambi provincial administration has decided to ban female students from wearing short skirts that reach above the knee, Governor Hasan Basri Agus said.

September 13, 2011

Jakarta Globe - September 13, 2011

Nurdin Hassan – An incestuous relationship between a brother and sister in sternly religious Aceh is the newest unconventional relationship to test the limits of the province's Shariah

September 10, 2011

Antara News - September 10, 2011

Seven couples, including three Indonesian soldiers, were arrested for illegally being in close proximity to unmarried members of the opposite sex during raids in Banda Aceh, Aceh, early

August 23, 2011

Jakarta Globe - August 23, 2011

Nurdin Hassan, Banda Aceh – Security authorities in the deeply religious Indonesian province of Aceh have been forced to admit that they are clueless about how to handle a case involvin

August 11, 2011

Jakarta Post - August 11, 2011

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – Sharia police in Aceh Besar, Aceh province, on Wednesday, arrested three men buying food in a restaurant during the fasting day.

May 27, 2011

Jakarta Globe - May 27, 2011

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – Eighteen men and one woman were caned in the eastern Aceh town of Langsa on Thursday, less than a week after Amnesty International called for an end to the pr

Agence France Presse - May 27, 2011

An Indonesian human rights group on Friday condemned the use of caning in staunchly Islamic Aceh province, saying the punishment violated the country's constitution.