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Sharia & Discriminatory By-Laws

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October 23, 2009

Jakarta Post - October 23, 2009

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – The newly inaugurated members of the Aceh Legislative Council are set to revise the sharia bylaw passed by former legislators that stipulate, among other

October 20, 2009

Jakarta Globe - October 20, 2009

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – Responding to a public outcry over the bylaw that mandates stoning to death for adulterers, Aceh Legislative Council members have agreed to review the Islamic

October 19, 2009

Jakarta Post - October 19, 2009

Jakarta – NGOs will request a judicial review of the newly endorsed bylaw in Aceh that condemns adulterers to be stoned to death.

October 8, 2009

Jakarta Post - October 8, 2009

Jakarta – The debate about whether to review Aceh's bylaw that allows adulterers to be stoned heated up Tuesday, with religious leaders voicing their objection to the enactment of the l

September 30, 2009

Jakarta Globe - September 30, 2009

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – Aceh Governor Irwandi Yusuf has refused to sign the controversial Qanun Jinayat Code, or Islamic bylaw, and asked newly installed members of the Aceh legislat

September 27, 2009

Jakarta Globe - September 27, 2009

Camelia Pasandaran – Despite widespread condemnation, the Aceh Legislative Council said on Sunday that it would implement a bylaw that allows the stoning of adulterers and the lashing o

September 19, 2009

Jakarta Post - September 19, 2009

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – More woman's groups in Aceh are calling for a review of the new bylaw which allows capital punishment by stoning for adulterers, though the local governm

September 18, 2009

Reuters - September 18, 2009

Sunanda Creagh – Recent moves in the country, including plans by Aceh to stone adulterers to death, have raised concerns about its reputation as a beacon of moderate Islam.

Jakarta Post - September 18, 2009

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – The Aceh provincial government will not sign the controversial Islamic bylaw allowing adulterers to be stoned to death, an official said.

September 17, 2009

Amnesty International Statement - September 17, 2009

A new Indonesian bylaw that endorses stoning to death for adultery and caning of up to 100 lashes for homosexuality should be repealed immediately, Amnesty International said on Thursda

September 16, 2009

Jakarta Post - September 16, 2009

Erwida Maulia and Hotli Simanjuntak, Jakarta, Banda Aceh – The national rights body for women is calling for a judicial review of Aceh's Administrative Law, after the province's outgoin

Jakarta Globe - September 16, 2009

Ronna Nirmala – Although the passage of a local bylaw in staunchly Muslim Aceh that requires adulterers to be stoned to death has shocked many here and abroad, some experts on Wednesday

Straits Times - September 16, 2009

Lynn Lee – A new law passed in Aceh to stone to death married people who commit adultery as well as whip homosexuals who have sex is being seen as a last-ditch move by conservative Isla

September 15, 2009

Jakarta Globe - September 15, 2009

Camelia Pasandaran & Febriamy Hutapea – The central government would strike down a controversial new bylaw mandating that residents of Aceh convicted of adultery be stoned to death

Jakarta Post - September 15, 2009

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – Defying strong objections from human rights groups and the provincial administration, the Aceh legislative council passed the Islamic criminal code Monda

Radio Australia - September 15, 2009

Lawmakers in the Indonesian province of Aceh have passed a law that would see Muslims found guilty of adultery, stoned to death.

Presenter: Katie Hamann

September 14, 2009

Jakarta Globe - September 14, 2009

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – Despite opposition from human rights activists, the Aceh Legislative Council on Monday endorsed a bylaw mandating stoning to death for adulterers and lashings

Associated Press - September 14, 2009

Fakhrurradzie Gade, Banda Aceh – Adulterers can be stoned to death and homosexuality is punishable by steep prison terms under a new law passed unanimously by lawmakers in Indonesia's d

September 13, 2009

Jakarta Globe - September 13, 2009

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – With lawmakers in Indonesia's Aceh province set to pass a draconian Shariah bill on Monday that could lead to married Muslims being stoned to death for commit

September 12, 2009

Jakarta Post - September 12, 2009

Jakarta – Human rights activists and legislators have condemned the Aceh Legislative Council's (DPRD) plan to pass a regional bill that would see those found guilty of "ethical" crimes,

September 10, 2009

Sydney Morning Herald - September 10, 2009

Tom Allard, Jakarta – Religious conservatives in Aceh are trying to ram through Islamic laws that would allow stoning to death for adulterers and public lashings for those who engage in

September 9, 2009

Jakarta Post - September 9, 2009

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – Students from the Communication Forum for Sharia staged a rally on Tuesday at the Aceh legislative council building in Banda Aceh, demanding legislators

Jakarta Globe - September 9, 2009

Nurdin Hasan & Dessy Sagita – Married Muslims in Indonesia's staunchly Islamic province of Aceh could be publicly stoned for committing adultery under a new piece of legislation tha

September 2, 2009

Jakarta Post - September 2, 2009

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – An announcement which reads "Only non-Muslims allowed" is attached to the door of a food stall in Peunayong, Banda Aceh, the only province in the country

April 12, 2009

Deutsche Presse Agentur - April 12, 2009

Ahmad Pathoni, Banda Aceh – Stories about young unmarried couples in Aceh Province arrested by religious patrol officers make frequent headlines in local newspapers with tabloids exposi

April 8, 2009

Deutsche Presse Agentur - April 8, 2009

Banda Aceh – In Indonesia's Aceh province, stories about young unmarried couples arrested by religious patrol officers make frequent headlines in local newspapers with tabloids exposing

March 23, 2009

Jakarta Globe - March 23, 2009

Nurdin Hasan – In a major review of its education system, Aceh's provincial government has started looking to integrate Shariah-based values into the curriculum, testing subjects such a

December 2, 2008

Jakarta Post - December 2, 2008

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – Businesspeople in Nangroe Aceh Darussalam have blamed the improper implementation of sharia (Islamic law) for the lack of development in the province's t

June 10, 2008

Jakarta Post - June 10, 2008

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – A patrol car belonging to Wilayatul Hisbah of the sharia police in Banda Aceh, the capital of Aceh Nanggroe Darussalam province, was burned out early Mon

November 24, 2007

Jakarta Post - November 24, 2007

Jakarta – Experts recommended Friday that Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam look toward locally implemented sharia laws to see established the Aceh Truth and Reconciliation Commission (KKR Aceh)

September 27, 2007

Jakarta Post - September 27, 2007

Nani Afrida, Banda Aceh – Deputy Governor of Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam Muhammad Nazar is upbeat regarding the implementation of sharia law in Aceh, denying it hindered reconstruction eff

September 24, 2007

Jakarta Post - September 24, 2007

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – An Aceh-linked organization that advocates for environmental issues demanded that the Aceh-Nias Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Agency (BRR) apologize fo

September 21, 2007

Jakarta Post - September 21, 2007

Imanuddin Razak, Jakarta – Physical reconstruction and rehabilitation activities in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam alone cannot accelerate development programs in the province severely hit by

July 21, 2007

Jakarta Post - July 21, 2007

Nani Afrida, Berastagi – Five years after sharia was first implemented in Aceh, many residents, especially villagers, still do not fully understand it, an Islamic group says.

April 20, 2007

Jakarta Post - April 20, 2007

Nani Afrida, Banda Aceh – A member of Aceh's sharia police was caught with a teenage girl in a Banda Aceh public bathroom on Thursday night.

February 10, 2007

Jakarta Post - February 10, 2007

Nani Afrida, Banda Aceh – Aceh needs at least 100 more judges to fully implement sharia across the province, with many sharia courts operating with only three to five judges.

January 27, 2007

Jakarta Post - January 27, 2007

Nani Afrida, Banda Aceh – Clad in a white dress and scarf, 20-year-old Liza Wahyuni binti Sulaiman kneeled on the platform.

December 21, 2006

Jakarta Post - December 21, 2006

Nani Afrida and Ridwan Max Sijabat, Banda Aceh – Sharia-style local government bylaws in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam are bringing unnecessary hardship to the Acehnese and discriminating ag

December 19, 2006

South China Morning Post - December 19, 2006

Fabio Scarpello in Banda Aceh – A draft sharia law in Aceh that calls for thieves to have their hands chopped off has angered many in the province.

December 17, 2006

Jakarta Post - December 17, 2006

Ridwan Max Sijabat and Nani Afrida, Banda Aceh – A sharia bill that would see convicted thieves have their hands amputated has sparked strong opposition among Acehenese, who believe the

December 12, 2006

Associated Press - December 12, 2006

Banda Aceh – Thieves could have their hands amputated in Indonesia's Aceh province under a proposed Islamic law that may alarm rights activists and Western governments.

August 23, 2006

Deutsche Presse Agentur - August 23, 2006

Jakarta – The United Nations has lodged a complaint after Muslim morality police in Indonesia's tsunami-ravaged Aceh province broke into a UN diplomatic compound and peered through wind

August 14, 2006

Tempo Interactive - August 14, 2006

Titis Setianingtyas, Jakarta – The First Minister of GAM (Gerakan Aceh Merdeka) Malik Mahmud Al Haytar has declared that the introduction of Syariat Islam in Aceh is not welcomed by the

August 10, 2006

Associated Press - August 10, 2006

Jakarta – Some 90% of people in Indonesia's Aceh province say they agree with Islamic laws that punish gamblers with caning and force women to cover their heads in public, according to

August 2, 2006

Radio Australia - August 2, 2006

Indonesia may well be the world's largest Muslim country, but only Aceh has the legal right to apply Islamic law in full.

Jakarta Post - August 2, 2006

Jakarta – Women and the poor are experiencing unfair treatment due to overzealous enforcement of sharia bylaws in Nanggroe Aceh Darusssalam, an influential think tank said.

July 30, 2006

Reuters - July 30, 2006

Banda Aceh – Two people in Indonesia's Aceh have been caned for adultery, the latest case of public punishments since courts in the province were allowed to implement Islamic sharia law

May 10, 2006

Associated Press - May 10, 2006

Scott Neuman, Jantho – Head in hands and tears welling in her eyes, Syarifah Binti Jauhari says she knows what she did was against the will of God: She tried to support her family in th

May 4, 2006

Associated Press - May 4, 2006

Jakarta – A draft law proposed by lawmakers on the tsunami-ravaged Indonesian province of Aceh will impose Shariah, or Islamic law, on all non-Muslims, the military and police, a local

April 26, 2006