Aceh's Public Floggings Spark Fresh Debate on Sharia Enforcement
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Two people in Aceh, Indonesia, were publicly flogged a total of 140 lashes (100 for sex outside marriage and 40 for alcohol); the woman fainted during the punishment, highlighting the severity of Aceh's Sharia penalties and drawing scrutiny of enforcement.
- Woman faints after being caned 140 times under Indonesian province’s sharia law The Guardian
- Woman lashed 140 times for having sex outside marriage, drinking booze in far-flung Islamist region nypost.com
- 140 lashes, stretchered off over harmless act News.com.au
- Brutal moment woman FAINTS after being lashed 140 times in Sharia punishment The US Sun
- Indonesia:Kotun Musulunci ta yi wa mace, namiji bulala 140 kan zina, shan barasa Legit.ng
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