Woman Collapses in Agony as She and a Man Are Caned Under Sharia Law in Indonesia for Being ‘Seen in Close Proximity’

A member of the sharia police receives a cane as officials conduct punishment based on Islamic sharia law in Banda Aceh on December 28, 2015. Aceh is the only province of Indonesia enforcing the Islamic Sharia law and offenders are punished by public caning. Chaideer Mahyuddin/AFP/Getty Images

Hundreds of people watched outside a mosque in Indonesia to see a woman and a man being caned. Warning: Images may be disturbing to some.

Cheers went up as a masked man caned the woman, as a punishment for being “seen in close proximity” to a man she wasn’t married to, under Sharia law.

Nur Elita was marched to the yard of Baiturrahim Mosque in Banda Aceh for the punishment, reported the Jakarta Post, citing the Antara news agency.

Images show her kneeling down before starting to get struck by the masked man.

 

A young Acehnese woman (L) is caned in public, a punishment under the Islamic sharia law, under the offence of "khalwat" or "close proximity" between a man and a woman who are not spouses, in Banda Aceh on December 28, 2015.
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