Sharia Law in Indonesia: Woman whipped for having an affair

Medieval justice... in the 21st Century: Woman caned in front of a baying mob for having an affair

A woman flinches as she is about to be repeatedly caned for having an extramarital affair.

Irdayanti Mukhtar, 34, received nine lashes by Sharia Police for having a relationship with another man, even though she is said to be in the process of divorcing her husband.


Brutal: An Indonesian official prepares to whip Irdavanti Mukhtar as another announces to the crowd what her punishment she will receive

The harsh punishment was meted out in front of a crowd of 200 people outside the Al Munawwarah Mosque in Jantho, Indonesia.

The jeering crowd recorded the brutal beating on their mobile phones and camcorders and shouted for more beatings in the strict Muslim city.

Mukhtar had been sentenced to the punishment the previous day by a Sharia court where prosecutors said that she was guilty of being in 'close proximity' to another man.


Sharia Officials carry Mukhtar who collapsed after the caning to a local hospital

Under Sharia law the offence carries a maximum beating of nine strokes with a cane or a minimum of three.

Neighbours had seen Mukhtar with the man and had barged in on her while the couple were in her bedroom, although it is unclear what they were actually doing.

The mob then dragged them to the local police station to be charged.

It is believed Sharia Police are also investigating a claim that Mukhtar was molested by the crowd before they took her to be charged.

Shortly after the caning on Friday Mukhtar passed out and had to be taken to hospital for treatment.


The jeering crowd take pictures and record Mukhtar being taken off the platform after she was whipped by Sharia police

She was one of four people, including the man she was caught with, to be caned for extramarital affairs

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-A-woman-whipped-having-affair.html?ITO=1490#

 

Me neither, but wait and see...

 

Do you have anything to add regarding the topic at hand?

 

I don't disagree with you, but that is because those who have no points to make decide to attack the messenger. See: your first post in this thread.

 

You might not remember this thread by rocketsjudoka. I thought of this thread when I happened to come across this news article. I also remember several posts that defended Sharia law and actually said that it is already in effect in the USA and Europe to some extent. There is also for instance this thread: Muslims seek to supplant Canadian law with Sharia (interestingly, MadMax is the main supporter of this initiative in that thread) and there are similar efforts in some other countries. Thus, I think it is good to point out to what it can lead to allow Sharia law to creep in.

Agree or disagree - but isn't this what this board is about?

Neither, although at least the first one will happen without a doubt. My rationale is described above. I am opposed to Sharia law and I cite an article (which I randomly came across) that shows what it can lead to to allow Sharia law to creep in.

And another question: Just because it is predictable that people will try to label me as a troll and try to shout me down (like Eric Riley did above - by the way, to quote Charlie Sheen: "I already have the rep you gave me, dude"), should I let them have their way and stop posting issues worthy of discussion?

 

My first point is that I am opposed to Sharia law and think it needs to be stopped from spreading into the Western world. My second point is that I disagree with people who try to paint Indonesia as some kind of shining example of a "tolerant" Islamic society (which has happened many times on this forum).

I have absolutely no agenda/bias against people of a particular ethnicity. Thus, you can forget about the racism allegation. I do have issues with an ideology that manifests itself in events like the one posted in the article.

I don't single out people and I don't make posts about particular people. I single out reprehensible manifestations of an ideology.

 

What Sharia law thread? Is there one stickied "Sharia law thread"? I must have missed it.

As to whether there is something to debate about this even, why not wait and see? How do you know that there aren't people who would actually try to defend what happened? Or maybe someone can come up with a stringent explanation of why this is not even Sharia law, but a misrepresentation of Sharia law? But maybe that same person can then explain what is being done to prevent such misrepresentations of Sharia law?

What's with the pre-emptive stifling of debate just because some people will try to launch personal attacks?

 

I LOL at people like you and SamFisher and NMS who claim to have me on ignore, but are usually the first to respond to my posts.

Clutch could easily verify that .

What exactly is the "bigoted view" in your opinion? That I oppose canings of women for being "in proximity to a man"? What is bigoted here - my criticism or what I criticize? I think you got it backwards. I am not reporting an isolated act of extremism here, I am reporting something that happened as the law of the land in that region!

 

If not to discuss Sharia law and its manifestations, why would I have posted this? To discuss tax laws in the US?