Aceh to Ban Sales of Tight Clothing
Ahmad Pathoni | June 07, 2012
A Shariah police officer lectures women who were reprimanded for wearing tight jeans, during a Shariah law raid in Banda Aceh on Thursday. (EPA Photo/Hotli Simanjuntak) Banda Aceh. Shops in Indonesia's Aceh province, where Islamic law is in force, will soon be banned from selling tight-fitting clothes, an official said on Thursday.
The announcement was made after religious police in the provincial capital, Banda Aceh, stopped and reprimanded more than 50 women and three men for violating the Islamic dress code, including wearing tight clothing and shorts.
Samsuddin, the head of enforcement at the agency overseeing compliance with Islamic law in Aceh, said his office would issue a circular banning shops from selling body-hugging fashion items.
"We will soon send letters to shop owners," Samsuddin said. "The newly elected governor very much supports the enforcement of Islamic law." Zaini Abdullah is due to be sworn in as Aceh's new governor on June 26 after winning an election in April.
Shariah police in Aceh regularly carry out patrols to enforce the rule of Islamic modesty and a ban on unseemly contact between unmarried couples.
Officers recorded the personal details of those behaving in an unseemly manner, lectured them, and told them they could be detained or lashed if they were caught again.
Samsuddin said his officers had netted 300 women who violated the Islamic dress code in the past two months.
Munway, one of the three men stopped for wearing shorts in Thursday's operation, pleaded for leniency.
"I'm a construction worker and I'm laying bricks," he told a woman officer who asked him to show his identity card. "I'm outside because I'm going to buy some paint." Munawar said he agreed with Islamic law but men should not be arrested for wearing shorts.
Under Aceh's Islamic law, the sale of alcohol is banned across the province and gamblers are punished by caning.
The law was imposed in 2001 as part of special autonomy granted by the central government to pacify a clamor for independence in the province on the northern tip of Sumatra.
The separatist conflict killed an estimated 15,000 people, mostly civilians, before it ended with the signing of a peace pact between the government and the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) in 2005.
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The announcement was made after religious police in the provincial capital, Banda Aceh, stopped and reprimanded more than 50 women and three men for violating the Islamic dress code, including wearing tight clothing and shorts.
Samsuddin, the head of enforcement at the agency overseeing compliance with Islamic law in Aceh, said his office would issue a circular banning shops from selling body-hugging fashion items.
"We will soon send letters to shop owners," Samsuddin said. "The newly elected governor very much supports the enforcement of Islamic law." Zaini Abdullah is due to be sworn in as Aceh's new governor on June 26 after winning an election in April.
Shariah police in Aceh regularly carry out patrols to enforce the rule of Islamic modesty and a ban on unseemly contact between unmarried couples.
Officers recorded the personal details of those behaving in an unseemly manner, lectured them, and told them they could be detained or lashed if they were caught again.
Samsuddin said his officers had netted 300 women who violated the Islamic dress code in the past two months.
Munway, one of the three men stopped for wearing shorts in Thursday's operation, pleaded for leniency.
"I'm a construction worker and I'm laying bricks," he told a woman officer who asked him to show his identity card. "I'm outside because I'm going to buy some paint." Munawar said he agreed with Islamic law but men should not be arrested for wearing shorts.
Under Aceh's Islamic law, the sale of alcohol is banned across the province and gamblers are punished by caning.
The law was imposed in 2001 as part of special autonomy granted by the central government to pacify a clamor for independence in the province on the northern tip of Sumatra.
The separatist conflict killed an estimated 15,000 people, mostly civilians, before it ended with the signing of a peace pact between the government and the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) in 2005.
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Stand-off as Islamic Police Enforce Dress Code in Indonesia's Aceh
Ahmad Pathoni | May 30, 2012
A mother of three signs a testament saying she will not violate Islamic Sharia law during the Islamic raids in Banda Aceh, on Wednesday. Those who are caught three times wearing improper dress as defined by Islamic law will face a minimum of six lashes of the whip. (EPA Photo/Hotli Simanjuntak) Banda Aceh. Religious police in Indonesia's Aceh province, where Islamic law is in force, stopped and reprimanded 53 people on Wednesday during a patrol to enforce the Muslim dress code, sparking a stand-off with some residents.
Sharia police in Aceh regularly carry out patrols to enforce the rule of Islamic modesty and a ban on unseemly contact between unmarried couples.
The operation by the Wilayatul Hisbah, as the Islamic police force is known, targeted women wearing shorts and tight pants as well as civil servants who shirked work, said Yustamin, head of enforcement with the Islamic police.
"All of them were let go after being advised to dress properly," said Yustamin.
Novi Yanti, a university student, said she protested because she was stopped and got an earful for wearing jeans, but her complaint was ignored.
"What have I done wrong? It's as if they had no important things to do," she said. "They had better deal with corruption." A housewife who was stopped for not wearing a headscarf lashed out at photojournalists who took her picture.
"They are just doing their job, madam," said Syamsuddin, a sharia police officer. "If you had not violated the rules, they wouldn't have photographed you."
Under Aceh's Islamic law, the sale of alcohol is banned across the province and gamblers are punished by caning.
Aceh, on the northern tip of Sumatra island, has imposed a form of Islamic law for a decade as part of special autonomy granted by the central government to pacify a clamor for independence.
It has been largely peaceful since the government and the Free Aceh Movement separatist group signed a peace pact in 2005.
Deutsche Press-Agentur
Sharia police in Aceh regularly carry out patrols to enforce the rule of Islamic modesty and a ban on unseemly contact between unmarried couples.
The operation by the Wilayatul Hisbah, as the Islamic police force is known, targeted women wearing shorts and tight pants as well as civil servants who shirked work, said Yustamin, head of enforcement with the Islamic police.
"All of them were let go after being advised to dress properly," said Yustamin.
Novi Yanti, a university student, said she protested because she was stopped and got an earful for wearing jeans, but her complaint was ignored.
"What have I done wrong? It's as if they had no important things to do," she said. "They had better deal with corruption." A housewife who was stopped for not wearing a headscarf lashed out at photojournalists who took her picture.
"They are just doing their job, madam," said Syamsuddin, a sharia police officer. "If you had not violated the rules, they wouldn't have photographed you."
Under Aceh's Islamic law, the sale of alcohol is banned across the province and gamblers are punished by caning.
Aceh, on the northern tip of Sumatra island, has imposed a form of Islamic law for a decade as part of special autonomy granted by the central government to pacify a clamor for independence.
It has been largely peaceful since the government and the Free Aceh Movement separatist group signed a peace pact in 2005.
Deutsche Press-Agentur
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