Foodstall owner Murni binti Amris wincing as she is whipped by Shariah πolice after Friday prayers in Jantho, Aceh Besar. (EPA Photo) Posted on 10/03/2010 6:07:19 AM PDT by Inappropriate Laughter
Foodstall owner Murni binti Amris wincing as she is whipped by Shariah πolice after Friday prayers in Jantho, Aceh Besar. (EPA Photo)
Jantho, Aceh. With heads bowed, two young women walked toward a wooden stage outside Al Munawwarah Mosque in Jantho, Aceh Besar. Friday prayers had just ended, and hundreds of residents surrounded the platform, keeping a respectful distance but keen to watch.
The eyes of Murni binti Amris, 27, and Rukiah binti Abdullah, 22, began to water.
They feared the worst when officers of the Shariah Police dragged them to the center of the stage.
The women had dared to sell cooked rice in the daytime during Ramadan, violating the 2002 Islamic bylaw in Aceh.
With a quivering voice, Murni said: “Wait, sir.” She wanted to correct her sitting position.
However, the man standing over her brandishing a rattan cane took no heed, lashing her three times across the back.
When it was Rukiah’s turn, she was whipped twice. She did not make a sound, although her face was wet with tears. A shout was heard from the crowd: “Add to it. Let her feel it.”
A top official of the Shariah Police, Marzuki Abdullah, told the Jakarta Globe the women had been arrested on Aug. 23 for violating the regulation that stipulates: “Whosoever prepares facilities for Muslims that do not fulfill religious standards during the fasting month of Ramadan faces either a year in jail, a fine of Rp 3 million ($340) or being caned in front of an audience for a maximum of six times.”
“They were selling cooked rice in the daytime during Ramadan. They were arrested by Shariah officers at a small stall in the Baitussalam district,” Marzuki said.
The ruling was issued by the Jantho Shariah Court on Thursday. “Both women were of good character and did not make a fuss in court,” Marzuki said.
“They did not have a lawyer. We told them they could be represented by a lawyer but they refused,” he said.
Next it was the turn of Fakhruddin bin Teuku Harun, who was caned eight times for gambling.
Marzuki said Fakhruddin also chose not to be represented by a lawyer in court.
Speaking outside the mosque before the canings, Marzuki said Acehnese authorities had had the right to cane those who broke Shariah law since 2005.
“The Wilayatul Hisbah [Shariah Police] were handed the right in order to uphold Shariah in Aceh,” Marzuki said.
When asked if this law applied to legislators and councilors, Marzuki said it did, but if they had not been caned it was because they had appealed their sentences.
Shariah law. Coming to a suburb near you.
These folks are just plain nuts.
What CENTURY are these people living in?! What an Un-civilized culture!
I believe the usual answer is the Seventh century...
Rama-lama-ding-dong is the pigout month where all Muzzzies gain weight due to pigging out after sundown. They even pigout before sunrise for an ersatz breakfast
Muslims get off on such control - having the ability to vomit their hate on to others is such a high to them...
I have already made up my mind that I do not want Islam in the United States - I am not going to respect their politico-religious system - since they do not respect basic human rights...
Big deal - so someone got hungry and ate some damn rice - I’m pretty sure that sick people can eat during Ramadan - and to that effect what if these two were selling it to the elder people or sick people???
But who cares - Sharia was in force - and that’s all that matters - let the canes fly...it’s always women getting beat, stoned, raped, murdered...amazing why the entire population of women don’t burn their husbands in bed!
The cycle of abuse in Islam is rampant!!!
I thought the title was going to be a satire piece (”three lashes with a wet noodle”). And this is a “respected” religion???
I looked at the photo and thought how it would be to see the cane swinger stopped as the sword wielder was in “Raiders of the Lost Ark”
“What CENTURY are these people living in?! What an Un-civilized culture!”
True, but we’ve got abortion, kiddie porn and the Green cult.
The world is degenerate.
This is not to give the Dark Ages Moslems a pass.
Sharia law is another deliberate control mechanism that is being pushed here in the US.
Devo is the false prophet of Islam-— “Whip it good”
Sharia law official whips a man convicted of gambling with a rattan cane during a public caning in Jantho, Aceh province, Indonesia, Friday, Oct. 1, 2010. A version of Islamic law was introduced in the province in 2001 as part of negotiations to end the 29-year war between separatist rebels and the military. The law bans gambling, drinking alcohol and makes it compulsory for women to wear headscarves.
“I thought the title was going to be a satire piece (”three lashes with a wet noodle”). And this is a “respected” religion???”
A willingness to perpetrate capricious murder and mayhem for any random reason draws a lot of respect from timid people. Most people are timid.
Examples?
“Stockholm Syndrome liberals” always side with evil.
Bloody savages—If Islam did not command the corporal punishment of women who don’t give in to misogynists,the Muslim world would depopulate.
“What CENTURY are these people living in?! What an Un-civilized culture!”
Well, if barbarism is a culture.
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