Sharia in action in Indonesia: Woman collapses after she is lashed 140 times for sex outside marriage
‘One of the most severe’ Sharia law canings carried out in Islamic Indonesian region sees woman collapse after she is lashed 140 times for having sex outside marriage
Daily Mail, January 29, 2026:
A woman collapsed after she and her partner were caned 140 times each for having sex outside of marriage and drinking alcohol in one of the most severe Sharia Law lashings carried out in Indonesia.
The couple, a man and a woman, were struck on their backs with a rattan stick in a public park on Thursday in the province of Aceh while dozens of people watched.
Sexual relations between an unmarried couple are strictly outlawed in Aceh, the only place in Indonesia to impose a version of Sharia.
The woman fainted after enduring her brutal punishment and was escorted to an ambulance.
In total, the pair received 140 lashes: 100 for sex outside marriage and 40 for consuming alcohol, according to the head of Banda Aceh’s Sharia police, Muhammad Rizal.
Pictures of the public canings showed the woman kneeling as a masked man whipped her repeatedly with a cane, while another image showed her wiping away tears.
The woman was also pictured being wheeled off in a stretcher following her beatings, while her partner appeared to grimace in pain in separate photographs.
It is thought to be one of the highest numbers of cane lashes imposed since Sharia was implemented after Aceh was granted special autonomy in 2001….
