28 October 2014

Inside Sharia law: SBS reporter Patrick Abboud reveals life under the morality police in Aceh

THE woman is led arm-in-arm and forced to kneel.

Behind her, a masked man holding a long cane prepares to whip her several times.

Her punishment was selling food during Ramadan.

This is how punishment is carried out in Aceh, Indonesia, the only province in the South-East Asian country to practice Sharia law.

Abboud said one woman was caned publicly for selling food during Ramadan, and as these pictures show her punishment is far from light.

For others it is even worse.

One policewoman told Abboud: “Women who wear tight clothes are inviting bad things to happen to them, such as rape. Actually, crime happens because we invite it. [news.com.au] Read more