Sharia
We Met an All-Women Flogging Squad in Indonesia
Aceh, Indonesia’s only province with Sharia police, now has female floggers. “If the perpetrator is a woman, then the flogger should be a woman too.”
Nine Female Cyclists in Indonesia’s Banda Aceh Were Tracked Down by Police For Wearing ‘Sexy’ Clothes
The incident has dragged the province's controversial Sharia-based dress code back into the spotlight. As for the riders' offending garb? Long-sleeved shirts and dark slacks.
Indonesia’s Most Conservative Province Wants to Capitalise On Its Decades-Old Underground Weed Industry
Sharia law reigns supreme in Aceh but cannabis consumption and cultivation is an open secret.
Indonesia’s First All-Women Flogging Squad in Aceh Is Here To Stay
“We are essentially indoctrinating them to understand their roles — to show no mercy to those who violate God’s law.”
Sharia Court Canes Lesbian Couple as Malaysia Slides Toward Wider Anti-LGBTQ Crackdown
Authorites struck two women with a rattan cane six times each in the first such punishment for women accused of engaging in lesbian sex.
'Here, No Man Decides': Meet India's First Female Sharia Court Judges
In the country's Islamic courts, intimate family issues like divorce were usually decided by male clerics and judges—until a group of 15 women decided to take matters into their own hands.
Iranske Azadeh blev tortureret, fordi hun er lesbisk
I Iran kan en homoseksuel mand dømmes til døden. Selvom der ikke er nær så meget fokus på lesbiske, er de også ofre for hårde straffe herunder piskning og tæsk.
We Asked An Expert Why Non-Muslims Would Choose To Be Punished Under Sharia Law
Sharia law, the divine code of Islam, is supposed to only be applied to Muslims. But this past Sunday, two Buddhist men were caned in Aceh for cockfighting.
Saudi Arabia Just Arrested the Religious Policemen Who Attacked a Woman at a Mall
Two weeks after the video showing Saudi religious police attacking the woman went viral, the Ministry of Interior bowed to public pressure and arrested the offending officers.
Dilemmaet med 'halal' sexbutikker
Halal Adult Store, Englands første online sexbutik for muslimer, er netop åbnet. Konceptet hylder muslimsk seksualitet, men nogle kritiserer konceptet for, at give næring til en "dem" mod "os" diskurs.
Remembering the Times We Met the Alleged 'New Jihadi John' in East London
VICE director Rhys James met with Abu Rumaysah, accused of being ISIS's new executioner, a number of times before he fled the UK for Syria.
Saudi Arabia Kicked Off the New Year With 47 Executions, Including a Top Shiite Cleric
Most of the 47 were Sunni Muslims convicted of al Qaeda attacks in Saudi Arabia, but four, including prominent cleric Nimr al-Nimra, were Shiites.