The government of Indonesia's Aceh province has approved a new law obliging every citizen to follow the sharia Islamic legal code regardless of their religion.
Councillor Abdulah Saleh told the Jakarta Post that the new behaviour law, or qanun jinayat, "does indeed oblige everyone in Aceh to follow sharia without exception."
Saleh said that the qanun stipulated that all those found to have violated sharia would be tried under Islamic law regardless of their religion. [International Business Times] Read more
