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Indonesia's Aceh province enforces Islamic law with public caning for kissing

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In Aceh, Indonesia, a public caning of 21 lashes was administered to a man and woman for kissing, a punishment carried out under the province's unique Islamic Criminal Code. While international rights groups condemn the act as torture, some residents of Aceh view the enforcement of sharia law as a matter of religious observance, local autonomy, and cultural identity, though support for the punishments is not universal and often comes with nuanced opinions on their application. AI

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Indonesia's Aceh province enforces Islamic law with public caning for kissing

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Aisyah Llewellyn ·

    At Indonesia’s sharia frontier, 21 lashes for a TikTok kiss ‘is our right’

    Footage of the punishment quickly went viral: an unmarried couple each receiving 21 lashes of the cane in Indonesia’s Aceh province after being accused of kissing in a car and live-streaming it on TikTok. As each blow landed on their backs, the unnamed man, 22, and woman, 25, vis…

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