Thursday, October 29, 2009

Extremism Spreads Across Indonesian Penal Code

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia -- Under Islamic law, or Shariah, the religious police have administered public canings for such things as gambling, prostitution and illicit affairs. But under a new Islamic criminal code that goes into effect this month, the Shariah police will be wielding a new and more potent threat: death by stoning for adulterers.

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