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Sharia & Discriminatory By-Laws

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February 14, 2014

Jakarta Globe - February 14, 2014

Jakarta – As couples the world over celebrated Valentine's Day on Friday, vocal opposition to the holiday mounted in Indonesia over concerns of morality and religion, as it does every y

February 10, 2014

Jakarta Globe - February 10, 2014

The head of the Indonesian Council of Ulema's (MUI) branch in Bengkulu has warned the city's mayor that his pray-for-rewards program is in danger of propagating discrimination and gende

February 8, 2014

Jakarta Post - February 8, 2014

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – Imposing sharia on non-Muslims is inappropriate as Islamic law only regulates matters relevant to Islam and to do so tarnishes the image of the faith and

February 7, 2014

Jakarta Post - February 7, 2014

Hotli Simanjuntak and Ina Parlina, Banda Aceh/Jakarta – Without much fanfare, the Aceh provincial administration and legislative council have approved the Qanun Jinayat (behavior-govern

Jakarta Globe - February 7, 2014

Camelia Pasandaran, Jakarta – Human rights activists criticized the Aceh Shariah police on Friday for an official suggestion that non-Muslim women should wear the hijab in the semi-auto

February 6, 2014

Jakarta Post - February 6, 2014

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – The Aceh Legislative Council is deliberating a special bylaw that will force non-Muslims in the province to follow sharia.

January 12, 2014

Jakarta Globe - January 12, 2014

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – A rights group on Sunday reported a significant drop in the number of abuse-of-power cases in 2013 involving religious police officers enforcing shariah-inspi

January 9, 2014

Jakarta Globe - January 9, 2014

Amnesty International has praised the Aceh parliament for passing a bylaw in December to establish a truth and reconciliation commission to investigate the abuses that took place during

January 7, 2014

Jakarta Globe - January 7, 2014

Mattangkilang Tunggadewa, Balikpapan, East Kalimantan – The Balikpapan city administration has passed a decree establishing a three-hour curfew for schoolchildren between 6 p.m.

January 1, 2014

Jakarta Globe - January 1, 2014

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – In defiance of a ban placed on New Year's Eve festivities, thousands of residents of Banda Aceh gathered downtown to celebrate the occasion with fireworks and

December 31, 2013

Jakarta Globe - December 31, 2013

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – Shariah police in Aceh have confiscated thousands of fireworks, firecrackers and trumpets in the provincial capital as they enforce local ulemas' call for a b

December 17, 2013

Jakarta Globe - December 17, 2013

Nurdin Hasan & SP/Muhammad Hamzah, Banda Aceh – Aceh installed on Monday a former separatist leader as the autonomous province's Wali Nanggroe – a "guardian of the state" who will o

Jakarta Globe - December 17, 2013

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – Muslim residents of the capital of Aceh province may have to roll back their New Year's festivities this year.

December 13, 2013

Jakarta Globe - December 13, 2013

Nineteen untenured employees of Riau's Rokan Hulu district government were fired in November because they did not show up to 5 a.m.

December 4, 2013

Jakarta Globe - December 4, 2013

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – Scores of young people vandalized a shariah police office and injured a religious police officer in the early hours of Tuesday morning after the Islamic autho

November 23, 2013

Jakarta Globe - November 23, 2013

Dessy Sagita – Rights activists are demanding the central government re-evaluate the implementation of shariah law in Aceh following a string of violations committed by the province's m

November 22, 2013

Jakarta Globe - November 22, 2013

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – Detectives with the Banda Aceh Police have arrested and detained the head of the province's shariah police on suspicion of embezzlement, an officer said on Fr

September 23, 2013

Jakarta Post - September 23, 2013

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – A Shariah Police officer was arrested Saturday night for allegedly attempting to supply hashish to a prisoner at West Aceh's Meulaboh penitentiary while offic

September 20, 2013

Jakarta Post - September 20, 2013

Novia D. Rulistia, Jakarta – For a start, the three Bs of Miss World – brains, beauty and behavior – have been replaced by the three Ss: sholehah (piousness), smart and stylish.

September 18, 2013

Jakarta Globe - September 18, 2013

Rebecca Lake – Outraged Miss World organizers and human rights activists have condemned the Indonesian government for its lack of support for the event, saying the last-minute decision

September 16, 2013

Antara News - September 16, 2013

Denpasar, Bali – Several members of the Dvipa Bali Youth Alliance staged a protest outside Bali Police Headquarters here on Monday to denounce the presence of radical organizations in t

September 14, 2013

Jakarta Post - September 14, 2013

Jember – Hundreds of members of hard-line group Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia in Jember, East Java, on Saturday continued to express their anger at the 63rd Miss World pageant, despite the fa

Agence France Presse - September 14, 2013

Indonesia will hold a pageant exclusively for Muslims, The Muslimah World contest, in rivalry to the Miss World beauty contest.

Jakarta Globe - September 14, 2013

Hundreds of Bali-bound members of the hard-line Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) found themselves stuck in Banyuwangi, East Java, on Saturday as female police officers – backed by nearly a

September 9, 2013

Associated Press - September 9, 2013

Bali – The 63rd edition of the Miss World pageant opened Sunday after protests by Muslim hardliners confined the event to Indonesia's predominantly Hindu resort island of Bali.

September 8, 2013

Jakarta Post - September 8, 2013

Desy Nurhayati, Nusa Dua – Increasing protest from hard-line groups over the 2013 Miss World beauty pageant – which is slated to be held in Bali and Sentul in West Java from Sept.

September 7, 2013

Agence France Presse - September 7, 2013

Hardline Islamists in Indonesia have burnt effigies of Miss World beauty pageant organisers and branded them "infidels" during an angry protest ahead of Sunday's show.

September 4, 2013

Jakarta Globe - September 4, 2013

Made Arya Kencana & Farouk Arnaz, Denpasar/Jakarta – The government is still weighing its decision on holding the Miss World Beauty Pageant amid opposition from several Islamic grou

September 3, 2013

Jakarta Globe - September 3, 2013

Farouk Arnaz & Made Arya Kencana – Islamic hard-liners intensified their protests against this year's Miss World beauty pageant on Tuesday as contestants started to arrive in Bali f

September 2, 2013

Jakarta Globe - September 2, 2013

Made Arya Kencana, Denpasar – Despite mounting calls by state officials and mass organizations for the upcoming Miss World beauty pageant to be canceled, Bali Governor I Made Mangku Pas

August 31, 2013

Jakarta Post - August 31, 2013

National – House of Representatives Commission X member Reni Marlinawatin said the Miss World pageant, set to take place in Bali in September, would encourage sexual harassment against

Jakarta Post - August 31, 2013

Ni Komang Erviani, Denpasar – Bali Police, with support from the military and pecalang (Balinese traditional security guards), said it would ensure the Miss World pageant in Bali in Sep

Jakarta Post - August 31, 2013

Jakarta – Jama'ah Ansharut Tauhid (JAT) has become the latest hard-line Islamic organization to condemn the 2013 Miss World pageant, which is to take place in Bali from Sept.

August 30, 2013

Jakarta Globe - August 30, 2013

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – Residents of the Karang Anyar village in Langsa denied reports that a drunken mob had beaten Shariah police as they tried to disperse a live music performance

Agence France Presse - August 30, 2013

Indonesia's religious affairs minister has called for the Miss World beauty pageant to be cancelled, as opposition in the Muslim-majority country mounts the week before the contest open

August 28, 2013

Jakarta Globe - August 28, 2013

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – A government human rights official has joined Islamic organizations in calling for the Miss World contest scheduled for Indonesia next month to be canceled.

August 27, 2013

Associated Press - August 27, 2013

Niniek Karmini, Jakarta – One of Indonesia's most influential Islamic groups is urging the government to cancel the Miss World pageant scheduled for next month, saying the exposure of s

August 26, 2013

Jakarta Globe - August 26, 2013

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – Several Shariah police officers were injured in the early hours of Monday morning after more than a hundred youths attacked them while they were trying to dis

August 4, 2013

Jakarta Globe - August 4, 2013

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – Shariah Police in West Aceh said on Sunday that they have arrested total of 35 food vendors in the district for selling meals during Ramadan while other peopl

July 23, 2013

Agence France Presse - July 23, 2013

Angela Dewan, Lhokseumawe – As the sun sets over Aceh province on the westernmost tip of Indonesia and the call to prayer blares from mosque speakers, five policemen leap onto the back

July 8, 2013

Jakarta Post - July 8, 2013

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The House of Representatives has agreed to accept a draft bill proposed by the Muslim-based United Development Party (PPP), which calls for stricter regulation of

June 8, 2013

Jakarta Globe - June 8, 2013

Banda Aceh – The government in Aceh has claimed that a social media movement aiming to discredit Shariah law in the province exists, though it has refused to provide any details on who

Jakarta Post - June 8, 2013

Jakarta – Fans of the scantily dressed Miss World contestants will be disappointed this year as the bikini category will not be included.

June 7, 2013

Jakarta Post - June 7, 2013

Jakarta – A legislator at the House of Representatives Commission XI on economy, banking and finance has urged the government to impose a higher levy on alcoholic beverages.

Agence France Presse - June 7, 2013

Islamic hardliners vowed Thursday to stop the "immoral" Miss World beauty pageant taking place in Indonesia even after organizers agreed this year's contestants would not wear bikinis.

June 3, 2013

Jakarta Post - June 3, 2013

Wasti Atmodjo – The Indonesian government has proposed the adoption of "Eastern values" during the prestigious Miss World competition scheduled to take place in Jakarta and Bali in Sept

May 29, 2013

Jakarta Globe - May 29, 2013

Nurdin Hasan – A police officer was publicly caned in an Aceh district on Tuesday for violating Shariah law, making him the first law enforcer to receive such a punishment.

May 24, 2013

Jakarta Globe - May 24, 2013

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – Police in Indonesia's westernmost city have thwarted the caning of a police officer and two other people convicted by Aceh's morality police of gambling, high

May 12, 2013

Jakarta Globe - May 12, 2013

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – The Aceh Legislative Council (DPRA) is mulling a Shariah bylaw that would mandate tougher sentences for convicted rapists than those doled out under the Indon

April 13, 2013

Jakarta Globe - April 13, 2013

Thirty-five women in Aceh's city of Lhokseumawe have been let off with a warning after the Shariah police caught them straddling a motorcycle and not wearing appropriate Islamic dress.