Whipped by the sharia police – Correspondent

Correspondent

via Correspondent: http://blogs.afp.com/correspondent/?post/indonesia-religion-islam-sharia-whipped-by-the-sharia-police

Public canings for “immoral acts” have been on the rise in Aceh, the only province in Indonesia allowed to implement Islamic sharia law. Nurdin Hasan offers a first-hand account of one such caning in the provincial capital Banda Aceh.