The Acehnese capital's "sharia police" is planning to ramp up patrols and public campaigns to ensure compliance with Islamic ...

Dozens of people witnessed the caning at a public hall in Banda Aceh. It’s the fourth time that Aceh, the only province in ...

The Banda Aceh Public Order Agency and Wilayatul Hisbah (Satpol PP WH), or "shariah police", plans to intensify monitoring ...

College students were arrested last November after neighbours broke into their rented room and found them naked and hugging ...

One man, accused of initiating the relationship, received 82 lashes, while the other was punished with 77 strokes. And, both ...

Two men were publicly flogged in Indonesia's conservative Aceh province on Thursday after they were found guilty of sexual ...

Two men were publicly flogged in Indonesia after they were found guilty of sexual relations by a court operating under strict ...

A man, found guilty of sexual relations with another man under the strict Islamic sharia law, is publicly flogged in Banda ...

Religious Affairs Minister Nasaruddin Umar announced the decision after receiving confirmation of the sighting of the moon in ...

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