With all of this crazy election coverage, we haven’t really covered the ongoing sucktastic nature of the Islamic religion. Here’s your update: The religion still sucks.
According to this, a woman was flogged in front of a cheering crowd in Indonesia for breaking Islamic law. The law she broke? Standing too close to her boyfriend.
An unidentified woman screamed out in pain as she was caned 23 times in Indonesia’s Aceh for breaking the province’s strict Islamic law forbidding intimacy between unmarried couples.
Aceh is the only province in Indonesia that enforces sharia law and people face floggings for a range of offences, including gambling, drinking alcohol and gay sex.
Oh, 13 others were flogged Monday too. Six couples were whipped for breaking Islamic law, which bans intimacy. Apparently, standing too close to your significant other, holding hands or spending time in a “secluded area” are all considered “intimate” acts.
However, leaders refused to flog one 22-year-old woman, because she was pregnant. Don’t worry though. She’ll be punished after she gives birth to her child.
Isn’t Islam awesome?