A couple in Indonesia is reportedly sentenced under local Sharia-based rules for having sex outside marriage. According to accounts of the case, the woman passes out during the punishment, which involves being lashed 100 times. The reports say both partners receive 100 lashes each. The punishment is carried out under Sharia-related regulations applied in an Indonesian province, with the conviction tied to an alleged violation of religious and moral conduct laws. While the coverage emphasizes the severity of the whipping and the woman’s collapse during the sentencing, the core details across the reports remain the same: the couple is punished for sex outside marriage and receives 100 lashes each. The available information does not include additional context such as the province’s name, the court’s reasoning beyond the alleged offense, or the couple’s statements. The incident highlights the continued use of corporal punishment linked to Sharia-based legal frameworks in parts of Indonesia.
Indonesian court sentences couple to 100 lashes each for sex outside marriage
A couple in Indonesia is reportedly sentenced under local Sharia-based rules for having sex outside marriage. According to accounts of the case, the woman passes out during the punishment, which invol...
- A couple in Indonesia is punished for having sex outside marriage under Sharia-based rules.
- The sentence involves corporal punishment: 100 lashes.
- Both the woman and her partner are reportedly lashed 100 times each.
- The woman passes out during the whipping, according to the reports.
- The punishment is carried out in an Indonesian province that applies Sharia-related regulations.
A woman has passed out after she and her partner were lashed 100 times each for having sex outside of marriage under an Indonesian province's draconian Sharia laws.
3 months agoA woman has passed out after she and her partner were lashed 100 times each for having sex outside of marriage under an Indonesian province's draconian Sharia laws.
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