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Title: Pictured: The smiling Sharia policewomen who decide how many lashes an 'algojo' enforcer will dish out to women who have broken the law by spending time with a man
Post by: rangerrebew on April 04, 2017, 08:30:00 pm

Pictured: The smiling Sharia policewomen who decide how many lashes an 'algojo' enforcer will dish out to women who have broken the law by spending time with a man

    Pictures show members of the Wilayatul Hisbah Islamic police force, who enforce Sharia law in Indonesia
    They carry out patrols in Banda Aceh, one of the sole areas where the strict rules are enforced
    A worrying trend reveals a pattern of severe beatings for offences ranging from homosexuality to selling alcohol

By Dave Burke and Gareth Davies For Mailonline

Published: 14:38 EDT, 23 March 2017 | Updated: 20:18 EDT, 23 March 2017

 

Pictured sitting in a row with big smiles, these are the Indonesian policewomen charged with deciding how many lashes women should be given as punishment.

Public canings regularly take place in Banda Aceh, in the country's Aceh province, for offences ranging from adultery to homosexuality to selling alcohol.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4343386/The-smiling-Sharia-policewomen-Banda-Aceh-Indonesia.html#ixzz4dJZZ7ZOw
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