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Mukhlis bin Muhammad of the Aceh Ulema Council was flogged 28 times<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

An Indonesian man \u2013 who worked for an organisation that helped draft strict adultery laws \u2013 has been publicly whipped after being caught having an affair with a married woman. <\/p>\n

Mukhlis bin Muhammad of the Aceh Ulema Council was flogged 28 times.<\/p>\n

The woman he had the affair with was caned 23 times.<\/p>\n

Mukhlis
\n is from the deeply conservative Aceh region, the only place in
\nIndonesia which practises the strict Islamic law, Sharia. <\/p>\n

Gay sex and gambling are also punishable by public caning in Aceh.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis
\n is God\u2019s law. Anyone must be flogged if proven guilty, even if he is a
\nmember of the MPU,\u201d Husaini Wahab, the deputy mayor of Aceh Besar
\ndistrict, where Mukhlis lives, told BBC News Indonesia. <\/p>\n

The couple were caught by officials in September, apparently in a car parked near a tourist beach.<\/p>\n

The caning happened on Thursday. Mr Husaini added that Mukhlis would be expelled from the MPU. <\/p>\n

The
\n 46-year-old is also an Islamic religious leader. He is the first
\nreligious leader to be publicly caned in Aceh since Sharia law came into
\n force in 2005. <\/p>\n

The MPU advises the local government and legislature on drafting and implementing Sharia law in Aceh. <\/p>\n

Aceh was granted special rights to introduce its own stricter Islamic laws more than a decade ago.<\/p>\n

Laws against homosexuality were passed in 2014 and came into effect the following year.<\/p>\n

Extra-marital sex, gambling, and the consumption, production and distribution of alcohol are all illegal under Sharia law.<\/p>\n

In 2017, two men were caned 83 times each in Aceh after they were caught having sex. <\/p>\n

Canes
\n are typically made from ratan. Those carrying out the caning have all
\ntheir body parts, except their eyes, covered to stop them from being
\nidentified. <\/p>\n

The caning must take place publicly on an open air platform, though children are barred from watching.<\/p>\n

Sharia law applies to Muslims and non-Muslims alike in Aceh. <\/p>\n

Source: BBC<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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