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    junio 17, 2021 at 4:57 pm #11547

    <p class=»mol-para-with-font»>Two Christian men were publicly flogged today in Indonesia’s ultra-conservative Aceh province for drinking alcohol and gambling, in a rare case of non-Muslims facing a punishment frequently condemned by rights groups.</p><p class=»mol-para-with-font»>The two accused received 40 lashes each from a masked sharia officer who beat their backs with a stick.</p><p class=»mol-para-with-font»>One of them, identified only as JF, said he chose flogging to avoid a criminal prosecution that could have seen him jailed up to six months.</p><p class=»mol-para-with-font»>’The Sharia police gave us options and 우리카지노 we consciously decided to comply with the Islamic criminal code.

    No one forced me to choose it,’ he said. </p><div class=»mol-img-group xwArtSplitter» style=»style»><div class=»mol-img»> <div class=»image-wrap»> Punishment: A Christian man accused of gambling winces behind his face mask during his caning by a hooded Sharia officer in Banda Aceh today, where authorities inflicted a rare public flogging on non-Muslims </div> <noscript> Punishment: A Christian man accused of gambling winces behind his face mask during his caning by a hooded Sharia officer in Banda Aceh today, where authorities inflicted a rare public flogging on non-Muslims </noscript> </div><div class=»clear»></div><p class=»imageCaption»>Punishment: A Christian man accused of gambling winces behind his face mask during his caning by a hooded Sharia officer in Banda Aceh today, where authorities inflicted a rare public flogging on non-Muslims </p></div><div class=»mol-img-group xwArtSplitter» style=»style»> <div class=»mol-img»> <div class=»image-wrap»> In motion: A member of the Sharia police gives the Christian man one of his 40 lashes in a punishment frequently condemned by rights groups, although one of the condemned men said he chose the flogging rather than face prison </div> <noscript> In motion: A member of the Sharia police gives the Christian man one of his 40 lashes in a punishment frequently condemned by rights groups, although one of the condemned men said he chose the flogging rather than face prison </noscript> </div> <p class=»imageCaption»>In motion: A member of the Sharia police gives the Christian man one of his 40 lashes in a punishment frequently condemned by rights groups, although one of the condemned men said he chose the flogging rather than face prison  </p></div><p class=»mol-para-with-font»>Non-Muslims who have committed an offence that violates both national and religious laws can choose to be prosecuted under either system.</p><p class=»mol-para-with-font»>The caning comes less than two weeks after a male couple were flogged nearly 80 times each for having gay sex, which is outlawed under local Islamic law. </p><div><div data-track-module=»am-related_carousel^related_carousel» data-track-selector=».rotator-panels a:not([class*=external])» data-dm-rotator-rotate=»false» data-track-pos=»static» data-preferred-shared-network-enabled=»» data-dm-rotator-auto-init=»» id=»p-22″ class=»related-carousel with-fb-or-tw news half» data-dm-rotator-active-class=»active» data-dm-rotator-page-count=»1.0″ data-dm-social-article-auto-init=»» data-dm-rotator-page-size=»1″> <div class=»rotator bdrcc»> <div class=»rotator-title»> <h2>RELATED ARTICLES</h2> <ul class=»rotator-pages link-xocc»> <li class=»rotator-prev»>Previous

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    </div> </div><p class=»mol-para-with-font»>Flogging of non-Muslims is rare, however, with only a handful subjected to the punishment in recent years for crimes including gambling and selling alcohol.</p><p class=»mol-para-with-font»>The two Christians were among seven people publicly flogged in the province on Monday.</p><p class=»mol-para-with-font»>The five others were Muslims who were whipped for adultery and drinking alcohol – both violations of religious law. </p><div class=»mol-img-group xwArtSplitter» style=»style»> <div class=»mol-img»> <div class=»image-wrap»> Audience: The Christian man stands on a mat while the hooded enforcer brandishes his cane and various uniformed people look on during the ceremony on Monday </div> <noscript> Audience: The Christian man stands on a mat while the hooded enforcer brandishes his cane and various uniformed people look on during the ceremony on Monday </noscript> </div> <p class=»imageCaption»>Audience: The Christian man stands on a mat while the hooded enforcer brandishes his cane and 우리카지노 various uniformed people look on during the ceremony on Monday </p></div><div class=»mol-img-group xwArtSplitter» style=»style»> <div class=»mol-img»> <div class=»image-wrap»> Examination: A medical worker wearing a mask looks at the wounds on a Christian man's back following the public flogging </div> <noscript> Examination: A medical worker wearing a mask looks at the wounds on a Christian man's back following the public flogging </noscript> </div> <p class=»imageCaption»>Examination: A medical worker wearing a mask looks at the wounds on a Christian man’s back following the public flogging </p></div><p class=»mol-para-with-font»>Aceh is the only province in the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country that imposes Islamic law.

    About 98 per cent of Aceh’s five million residents are Muslims. </p><p class=»mol-para-with-font»>The public canings sometimes attract large crowds of eager spectators taking pictures on their phones, but today’s punishments were handed out indoors with only a small circle of observers  </p><p class=»mol-para-with-font»>Officials said earlier this year that the floggings had been moved indoors and shorn of the usual opening speeches because of the virus pandemic.

    The cane-wielding enforcer typically wears a hood in any event. </p><p class=»mol-para-with-font»>Aceh adopted sharia after it was granted special autonomy in 2001, an attempt by the central government to quell a long-running separatist insurgency. </p><p class=»mol-para-with-font»>Human rights groups have slammed public caning as cruel, and Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo has called for it to end.</p><div class=»mol-img-group xwArtSplitter» style=»style»> <div class=»mol-img»> <div class=»image-wrap»> Fellow victim: Five Muslims were also caned in public on Monday, including this woman who was caught in close proximity to her boyfriend in the ultra-conservative region of Indonesia </div> <noscript> Fellow victim: Five Muslims were also caned in public on Monday, including this woman who was caught in close proximity to her boyfriend in the ultra-conservative region of Indonesia </noscript> </div> <p class=»imageCaption»>Fellow victim: Five Muslims were also caned in public on Monday, including this woman who was caught in close proximity to her boyfriend in the ultra-conservative region of Indonesia </p></div></div>

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