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Indonesian couple receives 21 lashes for public kiss under Islamic law

An unmarried couple in Indonesia's Aceh province has been sentenced to 21 lashes each for kissing in a car, an act deemed a morality offense under the region's strict Islamic law. The public caning was witnessed by approximately 100 people. Aceh is the only Indonesian province permitted to enforce a version of Islamic law, which can include up to 100 lashes for various morality offenses. AI

RANK_REASON Significant regional policy enforcement of religious law. [lever_c_demoted from significant: ic=1 ai=0.0]

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Indonesian couple receives 21 lashes for public kiss under Islamic law

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Associated Press ·

    Unmarried Indonesian couple get 21 lashes each over viral live stream kiss

    A young couple in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province were publicly caned on Thursday after an Islamic sharia court convicted them of violating Islamic law by kissing during a TikTok live stream. Aceh’s sharia court ordered the two people to be whipped with a rattan cane 21 ti…