Students from the Communication Forum for Sharia staged a rally on Tuesday at the Aceh legislative council building in Banda Aceh, demanding legislators immediately approve the jinayat, or Islamic criminal law, before the end of their tenure this year. Groups affiliated with the forum - FPI Aceh, Unsyiah Students Administration, KAMMI Aceh and PMII Aceh - also demanded that the Islamic sharia law, which has already been imposed in Aceh, be correctly implemented. "We urge the legislature to immediately enact jinayat. Don't be afraid to implement Islamic sharia law truthfully in Aceh," said Tengku Arya from the Islamic Defenders Front. Jinayat, currently a draft law waiting to be enacted, outlines the sentences to be applied to those violating sharia law. It also lists the agencies authorized to oversee, prosecute and execute punishments pertaining to sharia law in Aceh. ...

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