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Rough Justice With Accused Aceh Adulterers Deplored as Un-Islamic
Nurdin Hasan | April 09, 2010

A man arrested for gambling is struck with a cane six times by an executioner during a public caning at the compound of a mosque in Aceh Besar in January. An official from the Ministry of Religious Affairs in Aceh Barat would find himself in the same position after he was caught committing adultery with a married woman, despite the fact he has already been severely beaten by enraged local villagers. (AFP Photo/Chaideer Mahyuddin) A man arrested for gambling is struck with a cane six times by an executioner during a public caning at the compound of a mosque in Aceh Besar in January. An official from the Ministry of Religious Affairs in Aceh Barat would find himself in the same position after he was caught committing adultery with a married woman, despite the fact he has already been severely beaten by enraged local villagers. (AFP Photo/Chaideer Mahyuddin)
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jujubean
11:11am Apr 10, 2010

I agree with you all and think it is barbaric and embarrassing. I live in Riyadh where I have seen people assaulted on just "suspension". There is no justifying their actions and lets hope for a fair punishment. But we need to find out more of the back story because this is a bit bizarre. I just feel that the locals are angry with this guy and/or the religious police and took it out on him. It appears they did not hurt the woman so lets see if more information makes this more clear.


Dr.Edward-Hummer
10:24pm Apr 9, 2010

Oh please, here we are again.... When it comes to the teaching about morality, the commentator become so ignorant and love to quote "human right".

Where is the human right when the villagers were killed by the Indonesian troops? There are more people tortured and killed, raped and so on... Have them brought up to justice?? NO!! Wake up people!


Asoegenie
11:09am Apr 9, 2010

This brutal so-called justice on two people who have been caught together but who haven't yet been proven to actually commit adultery is not only Un-Islamic -- it's downright inhuman. What is the Government going to do about this violation of human rights? Most probably nothing, as President SBY seems to bend over backwards to accommodate the wishes of those narrow-minded Muslims who want this country to return to the Stone Age.


marko1
9:24am Apr 9, 2010

The village said they were humiliated ....i think what the village has done is more humilliating and the village looks stupid in which they should all be placed in jail...


Cat
6:24am Apr 9, 2010

I wonder what happens with those 3 Sharia police who raped a young girl just some 2 months ago. Why don't I hear about them being humiliated and punished? is it because they're Sharia police? or is it what justice is in Sharia Law?


Banda Aceh. A human rights activist on Thursday slammed the humiliating punishment meted out to a teacher in Aceh Barat and the married woman he was suspected of having an affair with after the pair were marched through a village naked, tied to a pole and then brutally beaten. 

“To parade people around naked is not sanctioned in Islam,” said Zulfikar Muhammad, an activist from a coalition of human rights organizations in the staunchly Muslim province. 

“The acts of the villagers who paraded the two through a village clearly violates both Islamic Shariah law and human rights. Islam upholds justice and the rights of human beings.” 

Zulfikar’s statement comes after T Abdurrazak, operational commander of Aceh’s feared Shariah Police, confirmed on Thursday that the teacher, identified as Bus, 36, and was reportedly from an Islamic boarding school in Aceh Besar, had been caught in the bedroom of Yus, a 28-year-old housewife, in Seuneubok village, Meulaboh district, on Wednesday. The case is being dealt with by Aceh Barat Police. 

Villagers had suspected for at least a year that the couple were having an affair, Abdurrazak said, adding that Yus’s husband was seldom at home because his job required him to travel out of town extensively. 

He said villagers claimed they had often seen Bus enter through the back door of the house at night whenever the husband was out. 

Abdurrazak said the villagers had decided to catch the couple in the act and at 2 a.m. on Wednesday, they broke down the door and allegedly found the pair in the bedroom. Abdurrazak, however, said he did not know whether the couple had actually been caught in in the act of committing adultery. 

“Even though the Shariah Police has every right to investigate this violation, we do not have investigators as yet,” he said. “We are therefore working in collaboration with local Aceh Barat Police to process the case.” 

According to a local Shariah regulation, adulterers face a maximum punishment of being publicly caned nine times. 

“If the Qanun Jinayat had been signed by Aceh’s governor, the couple could have faced stoning to death,” Abdurrazak added, referring to the controversial set of local bylaws passed in September by the province’s legislative council to replace parts of the Criminal Code. Aceh Governor Irwandi Yusuf refused to sign off on the new code citing humanitarian grounds. 

Abdurrazak said the pair were marched naked through the village and then both tied to a pole and beaten. After the police arrived to rescue the couple, they were rushed to the Cut Nyak Dhien General Hospital in the district capital of Meulaboh for emergency treatment, he added.