Pre-marital sex

Indonesian faints during Shariah-based whipping

An Indonesian man who fainted as he was being whipped for pre-marital sex Thursday was revived to receive the rest of his punishment before being rushed to hospital. Despite international condemnation, public flogging is common for a range of offences banned under local Islamic law in the conservative Aceh region on Sumatra island, including gambling, drinking alcohol, and having gay or pre-marital sex.Aceh is the only region in Indonesia, the world's biggest Muslim-majority cou

6 December 2019
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Indonesia moving to ban sex outside marriage

Indonesia is set to vote on a plan to outlaw gay and pre-marital sex while beefing up its blasphemy laws in a shakeup fuelled by religious conservatism and slammed by rights groups Thursday.The proposed criminal law overhaul could affect millions in the world's biggest Muslim majority country, including heterosexual couples who might face jail for having sex outside wedlock, or having an affair.But there are also fears it could punish the Southeast Asian nation's small LGBT communit

20 September 2019
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