08 Mar '09 17:47>
Originally posted by FMFNon-Muslims Must Face Islamic Punishments In Aceh
None of this is the case in the world's biggest Muslim country, Indonesia. Any comment?
We reported back in December that, a year after the devastating tsunami of 24 December 2004, the Islamic Sharia police, or Wilayatul Hisbah were busy arresting people for breaking Islamic rules on Aceh. They particularly blamed the evil nature of women for the tsunami, and one of the sharia judges from the Islamic courts, Dr Marluddin Jalil said: "The Holy Koran says that if women are good, then a country is good."
The Islamification of Indonesia really began in earnest in Aceh. We reported on March 15 that a couple were caught in a car together at night by members of the Wilyatul Hisbah near the village of Lambhuk (Lombok) in Banda Aceh. Amni bin Ahmad Marzuki, a leading figure in the Aceh liberation movement or GAM was in the car with a French aid worker. He was due to appear at the Sharia Court in Banda Aceh, but his companion, being a non-Muslim was exempt from punishment. Such "leniency" for non-Muslims is now set to end.
http://www.westernresistance.com/blog/archives/002030.html