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The woman is brought to the stage by
two female members of the Sharia Police and is put in position on her knees.
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Hundreds of people gathered outside
a mosque in Indonesia to see a woman scream out in agony after being caned as a
punishment for being in ‘close proximity’ to a man she wasn’t married to.
Nur Elita was marched to the yard of
Baiturrahumim Mosque in Banda Aceh for violating the region’s strict Sharia
laws, after she allegedly showed affectionate behaviour to a fellow university
student.
Under the law men and women, who are
not spouses, are not allowed to get too close due to the the ‘khalwat’ offence
and punishment is by public caning.
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She screams out in agony after being
whipped in a caning ceremony outside a mosque in Indonesia’s Banda Aceh region.
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After being brought to the stage as
the crowd cheered, the woman was forced to kneel down while a masked man
repeatedly whipped her with the cane.
She received five lashes and at the
end of the punishment could be seen lying on the floor doubled over in pain.
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Eventually she was carried off the
stage, into an ambulance, and had to be taken to hospital.
Also being caned was the man she was
accused of getting too close to and he was forced to stand while being whipped.
Meanwhile four other men were also
forced to endure the punishment for gambling, which is also outlawed under
Sharia law
According to the Jakarta Post, the
caning ceremony was carried out in front of the deputy mayor of Banda Aceh
Zainal Arifin.
And before the ceremony he warned
the crowd that had gathered that the caning were a lesson to everyone.
He said: ‘Take these punishments as
a lesson. What has been done by these convicts should not be taken as example.
‘And I hope their caning today will
be the last ever.’
Banda Aceh is the only province in
Indonesia to implement Sharia Law, which was first introduced in 2003 following
the province’s awarding of special autonomy status.
Sharia Law
Sharia law is the legal system of
Islam which is derived from both the Koran and the rulings of the religion’s
scholars.
It acts as a code that all Muslims
are adhered to live to and include rules of prayers, fasting and donations to
the poor and covers both public and private behaviour.
Offences are divided into two
categories – hadd offences, which a serious crimes with set penalties and tazir
crimes, where punishment is left to the the discretion of a judge.
Hadd offences include theft, which
is punishable by the amputation of the offender’s hand and adultery, which can
result in being stoned to death.
Apostasy, or leaving the faith, is
also against Sharia law and can also be punishable by death.
Other offences against Sharia law
include denying Mohammed, gambling, drinking alcohol and women talking to a
man, who is not her husband or relative.
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By: Dailymail.co.uk
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By: Dailymail.co.uk
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