No to Stoning

The draft Qanun Jinayat (Islamic statute on capital crime) and the Jinayat Procedural Law have yet to be ratified. Some people seem uncertain about the punishment by stoning.

August 31, 2011

Stacks of files are piled on the desk of Aceh Governor Irwandi Yusuf. They contain the Jinayat draft lawusually called the Jinayat Qanunand the Jinayat procedural law. Who knows how many times these files have shuttled back and forth between the Governor's office and the Aceh Provincial House of Representatives (DPRD). "The Governor doesn't want to sign them yet," said Rusydi Ali, head of the Aceh Office of Islamic Law , Rusydi Ali, at the beginning

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