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3 caned for extramarital sex
[Straits Times] THREE Malaysian women have been caned under Islamic law for having extramarital sex, in a first for the Muslim-majority country, an official said Wednesday.Kinky. 'Three women were caned on February 9 under Sharia law,' a home ministry official told AFP. 'They are the first women to be caned for offences under Sharia here.' The official said the women were convicted of committing 'khalwat' or 'close proximity' between an unmarried couple, which is banned under Islamic laws that run parallel to the civil legal system in Malaysia. Malaysian Islamic authorities triggered uproar last year when they sentenced mother-of-two Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno to six strokes of the cane for drinking beer. Her case, which was to have been the first time a woman was caned under Islamic law in Malaysia, is under appeal and human rights groups have urged religious authorities to reverse the sentence. 'I can confirm that Kartika has not been caned yet but I do not have any other details,' the home ministry official said. Posted by: Fred 2010-02-18 |
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