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Comments on other issues: Aceh clamps down on LGBT people
Sharia law: An Aceh resident receives a caning for a sharia violation in front of Baitur Makmur grand mosque in Meulaboh, West Aceh, on Feb
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Sharia law: An Aceh resident receives a caning for a sharia violation in front of Baitur Makmur grand mosque in Meulaboh, West Aceh, on Feb. 12. Canings were recently imposed on 32 Acehnese people found guilty of gambling. Aceh authorities have also threatened to impose similar sentences on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in the province.(JP/Hotli Simanjuntak) (JP/Hotli Simanjuntak)
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span class="inline inline-center">Sharia law: An Aceh resident receives a caning for a sharia violation in front of Baitur Makmur grand mosque in Meulaboh, West Aceh, on Feb. 12. Canings were recently imposed on 32 Acehnese people found guilty of gambling. Aceh authorities have also threatened to impose similar sentences on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in the province.(JP/Hotli Simanjuntak)
March 15, 2016
Clerics in West Aceh regency say there is no place for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in the area and that those engaged in such activities would be caned as they violate the laws of God and sharia as implemented in Indonesia's westernmost province.
The local administration, together with the ulema community, said it would eradicate the LGBT community, who have been detected in a number of beauty salons in West Aceh regency, said West Aceh Ulema Consultative Assembly (MPU) member DI Nasution.
'This time it's just a warning for LGBT people netted in previous raids. In the future, if they refuse to change, we will cane them in accordance with Islamic law,' he said as quoted by kompas.com on Tuesday.
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I genuinely feel sorry for the Acehnese. They are being led down the path of economic and social problems.
Deedee S
Satan is not in hell. Rather, Satan roams the Earth, seeking to tempt people to sin and thus abandon God. First Peter 5:8 states, 'Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.' In John 14:30, Jesus called Satan the 'prince of this world,' and the apostle Paul referred to him as the 'ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient' (Ephesians 2:2). Satan does not live in hell; he lives and works on Earth and in the heavens circling it.
Azizur Rachman
It is not surprising that that the Aceh Sharia swatters hate anything LGBT. They don't like ordinary human interactions, such as dating.
Randomthought
It's really not rocket science when you see what's happening throughout the archipelago, the central government is too lax about the looming problems that are currently in progress. It means that it will start happening in a kampung/city near you very soon. The same nonsense that's going on in the Middle East is now going on in Indonesia and will only get worse.
GlennC
Today, for the first time, President Obama said that Islam needed modernist reform. 'There is a need for Islam as a whole to challenge that interpretation of Islam, to isolate it, and to undergo a vigorous discussion within their community about how Islam works as part of a peaceful, modern society. I do not persuade peaceful, tolerant Muslims to engage in that debate if I'm not sensitive to their concern that they are being tagged with a broad brush,' Obama argued.
Goblues
Just line up every human living in Aceh and cane them for past 'sharia' violations, present and future violations. Better yet, cane them for being Muslim! The Shia Muslims even beat themselves on certain holidays.
Indonesia does not need this province. Just cut it off and be ready to accept the refugees leaving the province.
Will
It won't take much longer until there will be an exodus of Indonesians seeking asylum in other countries.
Devi
