Sharia law in Aceh heavily disadvantages women, poor


	Sharia law in Aceh heavily disadvantages women, poor

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8-1-2006 8:31 PM

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Jakarta - Islamic law in Indonesia's westernmost province of Aceh not only disproportionately targets women and the poor, but it is also creating divisions between the religious and secular police that might pose long-term security problems, a non-profit group said. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.monstersandcritics.com/asiapacific/article_1185908.php/Report_Sharia_law_in_Aceh_heavily_disadvantages_women_poor"><P>The Brussels-based International Crisis Group said women and the poor appear to be the primary targets of sharia enforcement, adding that vigilantism has also flared with the gradual implementation of Islamic law. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.monstersandcritics.com/asiapacific/article_1185908.php/Report_Sharia_law_in_Aceh_heavily_disadvantages_women_poor"><P>'Women complain that they are disproportionately the targets of WH raids, with far more operations against them for not wearing jilbabs [headscarves] than against men for not attending Friday prayer,' the group said. </P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/029A3CEB-FE67-4F79-A860-561C89939429/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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