The Acehnese capital's "sharia police" is planning to ramp up patrols and public campaigns to ensure compliance with Islamic ...

Dozens of people witnessed the caning at a public hall in Banda Aceh. It’s the fourth time that Aceh, the only province in ...

Two young Indonesian men convicted of having a same-sex relationship were publicly caned on Thursday in Aceh province, ...

The Banda Aceh Public Order Agency and Wilayatul Hisbah (Satpol PP WH), or "shariah police", plans to intensify monitoring ...

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia — An Islamic Shariah court in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province on Monday sentenced two men to public caning for having gay sex. The couple, aged 24 and 18 ...

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — An Islamic Shariah court in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province on Monday sentenced two men to public caning for having gay sex. UK to raise defense spending to ...