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Woman Caned for Standing Too Close to Boyfriend

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INDONESIA – A woman from the Indonesia’s Aceh province was on Monday caned for standing too close to her boyfriend – a behavior that is totally against the Islamic laws which ban intimate behavior such as touching, hugging, and kissing between unmarried people.

Aceh is the only province which imposes Sharia law in the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country. People in the region can be flogged for a number of “offences”, including gambling, drinking alcohol, and gay sex, in addition to any consensual sex outside of marriage, reports Independent.co.uk.

Earlier reports from the region say seven men and six women aged between 21 and 30 were punished on 17 October at a mosque, for getting “too close” out of wedlock.

According to the Aceh Deputy Mayor Zainal Arifin:

We hope there are no more people in Banda Aceh who break the law in future.

Amnesty International had earlier warned that laws concerning ‘adultery’ in Aceh are discriminatory and have a disproportionate impact on women.

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