Woman and man accused of sex outside marriage and drinking alcohol faced what is likely to be one of the severest punishments since Aceh province adopted sharia law ...

A couple were caned 140 times each by sharia police in Indonesia for having sex outside of marriage and drinking alcohol.

The punishment, carried out before onlookers in Banda Aceh, is among the harshest imposed since the province adopted Islamic ...

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — Two men in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province were among a group of people publicly caned on Tuesday after an Islamic Shariah court convicted them of violating Islamic ...