Aceh province to allow stoning
Indonesians legislate penalties for adultery, homosexuality
Posted: September 15, 2009 at 5:24 a.m.
A Muslim woman walks Sunday past a sign advising people to wear Muslim attire at Baiturrahman Grand Mosque in Banda Aceh, Indonesia.
Lawmakers in a devoutly Muslim Indonesian province voted unanimously Monday that adulterers could be sentenced to death by stoning, just months after voters overwhelmingly chose to throw conservative Islamic parties out of power.
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