Indonesian Man Beheads Father with Machete Fearing Witchcraft
An Indonesian man beheaded his father with a machete on Monday after allegedly hearing an “occult whisper.”
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Christmas Celebrations Banned in Muslim West Sumatra
Governments on the Indonesian island of Sumatra have banned Christians from celebrating Christmas in private homes, according to a report Thursday from International Christian Concern (ICC).
Pics: Indonesian Man Who Enforced Sharia Adultery Laws Flogged… for Adultery
A strictly observant Muslim Indonesian man – who worked as a religious policeman enforcing adultery laws – has been publicly whipped after being caught with a married woman. He now stands to lose his job after local Islamic officials expressed a lack of confidence in his ability to discharge his duties.
Indonesia’s Aceh Invokes Islamic Law and Whips Amorous Couples
A group of unmarried couples were publicly whipped in Indonesia’s religiously conservative Aceh province after they were caught behaving amorously — a crime under the region’s strict application of Islamic law.
