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National 5 years ago
Indonesian Military imprisons, dismisses soldier for having same-sex intercourse
The Semarang Military Court has sentenced a chief private, identified only as P, to one year's imprisonment, in addition to dismissing him from the Indonesian Military (TNI) for having same-sex intercourse with another member of the military.
National 6 years ago
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Quran expert says nonmarital sex is allowed in Islam. He now has second thoughts after conservative backlash
The dissertation hinges on the term milk al-yamin (what one's right hand possesses), which has been traditionally interpreted to mean household slaves. Several verses in the Quran allow men to have sexual intercourse with “what [their] right hand possesses" in addition to their wives.
Editorial 6 years ago
Moralists at the gate
Whether the justification is for “public order” or a region’s “cultural” or “religious” values, the freedom or abuse of freedom to make such rules has led the National Commission on Violence Against Women to identify and list over 400 policies and local rules that it said discriminated against women and other minorities.
