Sharia Arrives for Non-Muslims
THE doors at a sundries shop painted orange on Jalan Asir-Asir, Lut Tawar District, Central Aceh Regency were tightly closed. The owner of the shop-Mak Cak-has not appeared for two months. "Mak has returned to Medan," said Ati, 53, the shop's assistant.
Mak Cak, 60, returned to Medan after being publicly whipped with a rattan switch in the Central Aceh Arts & Sports Building in Takengon. The Takengon Sharia Tribunal found her guilty of storing and selling liquor (khamar), sentencing her to 30 lashes minus two lashes for the 47 days she was in jail.
April 26, 2016
THE doors at a sundries shop painted orange on Jalan Asir-Asir, Lut Tawar District, Central Aceh Regency were tightly closed. The owner of the shop-Mak Cak-has not appeared for two months. "Mak has returned to Medan," said Ati, 53, the shop's assistant.
Mak Cak, 60, returned to Medan after being publicly whipped with a rattan switch in the Central Aceh Arts & Sports Building in Takengon. The Takengon Sharia Tribunal found her guilty of storing and
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