Five unmarried couples were publicly flogged for breaking Sharia law in Indonesia - the world's largest Muslim-majority country. Religious police caught them either cuddling, holding hands or having ...

A child rapist who was whipped until he collapsed will be lashed again once his wounds recover. The man, named only has Roni, was due to be hit 169 times but collapsed after 52. Medical examiners ...

INDONESIA: An elderly Christian woman has been caned in a conservative Indonesian province for selling alcohol, the first time someone from outside the Islamic faith has been punished there under ...

Hard-line Islamic groups are challenging Indonesia’s tradition of religious tolerance and secular law. Video: Warangkana Chomchuen/WSJ. Photo: Adek Berry/AFP/Getty Images JAKARTA—Two Indonesian ...

A group of men caught gambling were publicly whipped in Indonesia’s conservative Muslim province of Aceh on Tuesday as a crowd looked on and jeered. The half-dozen men were arrested this year at an ...

Two Indonesians caught having premarital sex were flogged a hundred times each on Friday in conservative Aceh province with a fraction of the usual crowd watching, due in part to coronavirus fears.

Five couples received up to 22 strokes each outside a mosque in Banda Aceh - after already serving months inside prison. The punishments were meted out by a masked 'religious officer' - in front of a ...

A mob of hundreds - including young children - watched as the masked 'religious officer' lashed the offenders until they winced in pain UNMARRIED couples were brutally whipped in public today after ...