Sharia Punishment: Woman Collapses As She's Lashed With Cane for Having Sex Outside Of Marriage in Indonesia
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Age Islam News Bureau
11
November 2021
• Women’s
Prayer Halls Will Reopen in UAE
• Human
Rights Watch Warns Iran Population Growth Law Will Endanger Women
• Bahrain
Helps Saudi Arabia Integrate Women in Nation-Building And Development
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Sharia
Punishment: Woman Collapses As She's Lashed With Cane for Having Sex Outside Of
Marriage in Indonesia
The
woman can be seen collapsing from the caning ( Image: AFP via Getty Images)
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11
Nov 2021
A
woman who was publicly lashed for having sex outside of marriage can be seen
collapsing in agony during the brutal Sharia punishment.
The
shocking images are from the Indonesian city of Banda Aceh where the unnamed
woman was whipped 17 times with a cane along with her partner.
An
official, called an Algojo, carried out the beating dressed in a traditional
brown gown and their face was covered by a domino-style mask, reported the
Daily Star.
The
woman receiving the lashings was wearing a long white cloak and head dress as
she knelt down in front of the watching public.
After
several strikes with the bamboo cane she can be seen falling forward from the
pain.
Her
partner was seen staring forward at the crowd as he was also flogged.
Aceh
is the only Indonesian province which operates under Sharia law - which sees
rules governed by a radical interpretation of Islam's holy book the Quran.
For
the most serious crimes under Sharia law like cases of homosexuality, people
can receive up to 150 lashes and it is not uncommon for them to lose
consciousness or receive hospital treatment afterwards.
In
2018, the local government pledged to end its policy of public corporal
punishment, saying that future floggings would take place in prisons instead.
However, despite that promise, the number of public floggings and canings has
actually risen, reports the Daily Mail.
A
man who was given a hundred lashes of a cane in Aceh, in June last year, was
seen collapsing under the blows.
His
crime was to have engaged in pre-marital sex and the caning was halted until he
was revived and then then the whipping continued.
The
22-year-old man had begged a masked Sharia officer to stop lashing his back
with a rattan cane before passing out.
Victims
are allowed medical attention and he was treated before the flogging carried
on. Then when he had been given the full 100 whips he was taken to hospital.
There
is an elite all-female flogging team that whips women who have broken Sharia
law.
The
team of eight women have been trained to flog, show no pity and how to minimise
permanent injury.
Banda
Aceh Sharia police chief investigator Zakwan said: "We train them to make
sure they're physically fit and teach them how to do a proper whipping.
"It's
kind of an indoctrination that we give to them so they have a better
understanding of their role – have no mercy for those who violate God's
law," he added.
Source:
Mirror UK
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/woman-collapses-shes-lashed-cane-25430274
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Women’s
Prayer Halls Will Reopen in UAE
(Representational
Image/ File Photo)
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9
Nov 2021
The
UAE has updated Covid safety protocols for congregational prayers at mosques.
Women’s prayer halls will reopen, and so will ablution areas and washrooms.
Even
though mosques across the country reopened with Covid safety protocols in July
last year, women’s prayer halls remained shut. Authorities in Sharjah had
reopened them last week.
In
ablution and washroom areas, worshippers must maintain a social distance of 1.5
metres. They must be cleaned and sterilised before each prayer.
Awareness
pamphlets on Covid safety rules in Arabic, English and Urdu must be put up at
mosques.
“We
would like to point out that mosques will be closed immediately after each
prayer,” said Dr Saif Al Dhaheri, the official spokesperson for the National
Crisis and Emergency Management Authority (NCEMA).
Imams
and cleaners must be vaccinated against Covid-19 and take PCR tests every 14
days, the official added.
Source:
Khaleej Times
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Human
Rights Watch Warns Iran Population Growth Law Will Endanger Women
November
10, 2021
FILE:
Tehran, Iran, Feb. 25, 2020.
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Human
Rights Watch warned Wednesday that a new Iranian law aimed at raising the birth
rate would put women's lives at risk by denying them access to reproductive
health care.
The
bill, which is expected to become law later this month, provides various
additional benefits to families with children and outlaws sterilization and
free distribution of contraceptives in the public health care system unless a
pregnancy threatens a woman's health.
"Iranian
legislators are avoiding addressing Iranians' many serious problems, including
government incompetence, corruption and repression, and instead are attacking women's
fundamental rights," said HRW's senior Iran researcher Tara Sepehri Far.
"The
population growth law blatantly undermines the rights, dignity and health of
half of the country's population, denying them access to essential reproductive
health care and information."
Over
the past decade, Iran has shifted its population policy from providing family
planning and access to contraception, to seeking to boost population growth by
limiting women's access to sexual and reproductive health care.
HRW
said that several articles in the new legislation further limit already
restricted access to safe abortion.
Currently,
abortion can be legally performed during the first four months of pregnancy if
three doctors agree that a pregnancy threatens a woman's life or the fetus has
severe physical or mental disabilities that would create extreme hardship for
the mother.
Source:
VOA News
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Bahrain
Helps Saudi Arabia Integrate Women In Nation-Building And Development
NOVEMBER
11, 2021
Bahrain
has started transferring its approach of promoting gender balance to the
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, said Supreme Council for Women (SCW) Secretary-General
Hala, Al Ansari.
The
step was announced amid Saudi keen interest in promoting the status of women
and enhancing their integration into public affairs and the labour market as
well as their contribution to development. The Saudi Institute of Public
Administration (IPA) has recently unveiled a plan to set a centre for promoting
gender balance in Saudi Arabia.
In
this regard, the Saudi Institute of Public Administration extended an
invitation to the Supreme Council for Women (SCW) to provide an overview of
Bahrain’s national gender balance model.
Al
Ansari made the statement during a forum which was held by the Gender Balance
Centre, an offset of the Institute of Public Administration, under the theme
“Bahrain’s Approach for Women’s Advancement and Gender Balance”.
The
two sides are set to sign a memorandum of understanding in this regard.
An
SCW delegation led by Al Ansari took part in the seminar, in the presence of
IPA Director-General Dr Bandar bin Asa’ad Al Sajan and Gender Balance
Director-General Dr Sara Jaza Mesfar Al Otaibi.
Other
Saudi officials and experts specialised in public administration, gender
balance and follow-up of the implementation of the 2030 Saudi Vision also
participated in the forum.
The
SCW delegation addressed the event, shedding light on Bahrain’s multi-phased
approach of promoting the status of women and achieving gender balance.
Al
Ansari stressed the importance of cooperation to exchange expertise between the
two countries to further integrate women in reform and modernisation projects
and enhance their contribution to development.
She
underlined Bahrain’s strides since the establishment, 20 years ago, of the SCW,
chaired by Her Royal Highness Princess Sabeeka bint Ibrahim Al Khalifa, Wife of
His Majesty the King.
Source:
News of Bahrain
https://www.newsofbahrain.com/bahrain/76634.html
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