Indonesia may see more sharia-based laws

[Indos]

• Marguerite Afra Sapiie and Haeril Halim
  The Jakarta Post
  

Jakarta / Mon, April 10, 2017 / 09:36 am

A man stands in front of officers before being caned for gambling outside Al Munawaroh Mosque in Jantho, Aceh Besar regency, Aceh, on Friday. Despite being Buddhist, two people who were recently caught participating in cockfighting opted for caning as punishment instead of facing criminal charges. (Antara/Ampelsa)

The Constitutional Court’s recent ruling curtailing the central government’s authority to revoke regional bylaws may embolden local politicians to issue more religiously-inspired regulations that are often discriminatory against women and minority groups, human rights activists have said.

The ruling comes as Indonesia confronts a rising tide of religious conservatism, which appears to have encroached further into the nation’s political sphere.

With the rise of identity politics and the central government’s inability to revoke problematic bylaws, it is feared that local politicians may now have a greater incentive and greater freedom to enact religiously-tinted regulations to boost their popularity.

A 2015 survey conducted by the Center for the Study of Islam and Society (PPIM) found that base political considerations were primarily responsible for the implementation of sharia-based laws, with local politicians bowing to demands from conservative Muslim groups in exchange for votes during elections. It found that most of the sharia-inspired bylaws that the study reviewed in Jakarta, Banten and West Java were passed during a local election campaign season.

“It is possible that the ruling may also lead to a more excessive implementation of the existing discriminatory bylaws,” Institute for Criminal Justice Reform (ICJR) executive director Supriyadi Widodo Eddyono said.

Supriyadi argued that local governments would most likely ignore the central government’s recommendations after the court’s ruling.

He took as an example the Aceh administration’s refusal to amend its Islamic criminal code bylaw, or Qanun Jinayat. The Home Ministry said in a letter sent to the Aceh government and the Aceh Provincial Legislative Council in 2014 that some of the laws in Qanun contradicted national laws.

But since the Aceh Governance Law said Qanun could only be repealed by a Supreme Court ruling, not the Home Ministry, the Aceh administration has never responded to the ministry’s letter, he said.

The Constitutional Court on Wednesday ruled in favor of the Indonesian Regency Administrations Association (Apkasi), 45 regencies nationwide and one individual, who submitted a request for a judicial review of the 2014 Regional Administration Law.

In its decision, the Constitutional Court annulled four provisions in Article 251, Paragraphs 2, 3, 4 and 8 of the law. These provisions principally allowed the central government to scrap problematic bylaws.

That said, a bylaw revocation can now only be filed to the Supreme Court, which is responsible for examining judicial reviews of regulations from a lower level than national law, such as bylaws, as outlined in the Constitution.

National Commission on Violence Against Women (Komnas Perempuan) chairman Azriana lamented the court’s ruling.

“The mechanism to scrap bylaws issued by the Home Ministry, if implemented effectively, is actually the most effective way to get rid of hundreds of discriminative bylaws across the country,” Azriana said.

Data from Komnas Perempuan reveals that from 2009 up to August 2016, a total of 421 discriminatory bylaws were issued by local governments, including those that regulate morality and restrict women’s control of their own bodies.

https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2017/04/10/ri-may-see-more-sharia-based-bylaws.html

 

[AUz]

That’s good.

These libturds slaves of West always hide behind “human rights” and “women” rights to distort and destroy local cultures all over. That’s how they decimated and humiliated Christianity, Hinduism, Judaism, Buddhism, Chinese folk religions and pretty much every single traditional cultural force out there except Islam.

Islam has been the only culturo-religious force that has been able to defeat this sickening liberal secularism and maintain its traditional culture and values globally. That’s why these pests HATE Muslims/Islam to the core.

Don’t even bow down to these clowns. They’ll keep asking for more and more until you lose everything your people and ancestors hold dear.

Indonesia is an Islamic country with hundreds of Sharia-based laws and by laws. Hopefully the law to ban extra marital sex also gets passed soon. Inshallah

 

[Beast]

That’s good.

These libturds slaves of West always hide behind “human rights” and “women” rights to distort and destroy local cultures all over. That’s how they decimated and humiliated Christianity, Hinduism, Judaism, Buddhism, Chinese folk religions and pretty much every single traditional cultural force out there except Islam.

Islam has been the only culturo-religious force that has been able to defeat this sickening liberal secularism and maintain its traditional culture and values globally. That’s why these pests HATE Muslims/Islam to the core.

Don’t even bow down to these clowns. They’ll keep asking for more and more until you lose everything your people and ancestors hold dear.

Indonesia is an Islamic country with hundreds of Sharia-based laws and by laws. Hopefully the law to ban extra marital sex also gets passed soon. Inshallah

Indonesia is not an Islamic country. Get your facts, right. And the person got punished is not even a Muslim.

 

[AUz]

Indonesia is not an Islamic country. Get your facts, right. And the person got punished is not even a Muslim.

Indonesia is an Islamic country. Indonesian democracy is based in Islam, not secular liberalism.

Do you want me to post Oxford papers from political science professors who actually studied Indonesian political and legal system for decades? Lol...

Indonesia is more “Islamic” than there’s any “Christian” country or any “Hindu” or any “Buddhist” countries.

You get your facts right and move on. Indonesia is not Iran or Saudi Arabia, but Indonesia isn’t France or China either.

 

[Pan-Islamic-Pakistan]

Prabowo working hard. I hope Jokowi suffers defeat next time.

 

[313ghazi]

Good for Indonesia, true justice will only come through the implementation of Shariah.

In Pakistan justice is a joke because we follow the colonialists way, rather than the way proscribed for us by Allah.

 

[Nike]

****, op clearly want to deny Pancasila and our constitution of UU 1945. Even many Aceh people migrate to Jakarta for better life.

If Pakistan want sharia, just implemented that in Pakistan as it fit you and your country name.

Prabowo working hard. I hope Jokowi suffers defeat next time.

Insya allah Jokowi still got his chance to defeat Prabowo. The thing i found its funny is, people presume Prabowo much pious than Jokowi but its not, Prabowo dubious parents background (traitorous bastard, his father is PERMESTA fund backer and leader) his link with Soeharto crony

 

[313ghazi]

****, op clearly want to deny Pancasila and our constitution of UU 1945. Even many Aceh people migrate to Jakarta for better life.

If Pakistan want sharia, just implemented that in Pakistan as it fit you and your country name.

OP is Indonesian. He is also Muslim, like 200 million other Indonesians. Indonesian people are themselves demanding Islam, read the OP, it says it clearly.

Democracy in action.

 

[Pakistani E]

Why all pakistani want indonesia to be an islamic country?
It will only cause nothing than just suffering
Indonesia will be on civil war just fyi although non muslim in indonesia is minortiy ,their number is around 30 million and it's a BIG NUMBER

You know when we heard word about "pakistan" the first thing come to mind is terorism and an example of indonesia would look like if we are an islamic country
So no,thanks

And about prabowo wkwkw
Only idiot who think that he is devout muslim.his entire familly is christian,he still celebrate christmas.
His islam faith are really questionable

Because Pakistanis are good at poking their noses in selective places. Talk about China? No, their country, their rules. If anyone talks about Pakistan? Our country, our rules. Talk about the rest of the world? We have a contract from God Almighty to talk about it.

 

[Pan-Islamic-Pakistan]

OP is Indonesian. He is also Muslim, like 200 million other Indonesians. Indonesian people are themselves demanding Islam, read the OP, it says it clearly.

Democracy in action.

Indonesian people are very good, devout Muslims. In many ways they are better than many Pakistanis in this aspect.

I respect their culture and emphasis on deen.

Because Pakistanis are good at poking their noses in selective places. Talk about China? No, their country, their rules. If anyone talks about Pakistan? Our country, our rules. Talk about the rest of the world? We have a contract from God Almighty to talk about it.

Maybe some of us have Indonesian friends and colleagues. Maybe some of us have visited Indonesia.

Pakistani forum, so you will have hear Pakistani’s viewpoints and opinions.

If anyone doesn’t like it, they can leave PDF.

 

[Pakistani E]

Maybe some of us have Indonesian friends and colleagues. Maybe some of us have visited Indonesia.

Pakistani forum, so you will have hear Pakistani’s viewpoints and opinions.

If anyone doesn’t like it, they can leave PDF.

Sure. I'll keep that in mind when I browse some threads about China. What is this called by the way, the Pakistani Selective Syndrome?

 

[Jaanbaz]

Why all pakistani want indonesia to be an islamic country?
It will only cause nothing than just suffering
Indonesia will be on civil war just fyi although non muslim in indonesia is minortiy ,their number is around 30 million and it's a BIG NUMBER

You know when we heard word about "pakistan" the first thing come to mind is terorism and an example of indonesia would look like if we are an islamic country
So no,thanks

And about prabowo wkwkw
Only idiot who think that he is devout muslim.his entire familly is christian,he still celebrate christmas.
His islam faith are really questionable

Because they are Arab worshiping extremists that have destroyed our own native cultures and replaced it with extremism and hostility towards minorities. Pakistan is not a good example to follow for any country never mind a Muslim one.

I hope Indonesia continue to stick to its culture of tolerance and respect for other religions, just keep an eye on funding from Arab Gulf, these pests are known to spread death and misery in Muslim countries.

 

[AfrazulMandal]

• Marguerite Afra Sapiie and Haeril Halim
  The Jakarta Post

Jakarta / Mon, April 10, 2017 / 09:36 am

A man stands in front of officers before being caned for gambling outside Al Munawaroh Mosque in Jantho, Aceh Besar regency, Aceh, on Friday. Despite being Buddhist, two people who were recently caught participating in cockfighting opted for caning as punishment instead of facing criminal charges. (Antara/Ampelsa)

The Constitutional Court’s recent ruling curtailing the central government’s authority to revoke regional bylaws may embolden local politicians to issue more religiously-inspired regulations that are often discriminatory against women and minority groups, human rights activists have said.

The ruling comes as Indonesia confronts a rising tide of religious conservatism, which appears to have encroached further into the nation’s political sphere.

With the rise of identity politics and the central government’s inability to revoke problematic bylaws, it is feared that local politicians may now have a greater incentive and greater freedom to enact religiously-tinted regulations to boost their popularity.

A 2015 survey conducted by the Center for the Study of Islam and Society (PPIM) found that base political considerations were primarily responsible for the implementation of sharia-based laws, with local politicians bowing to demands from conservative Muslim groups in exchange for votes during elections. It found that most of the sharia-inspired bylaws that the study reviewed in Jakarta, Banten and West Java were passed during a local election campaign season.

“It is possible that the ruling may also lead to a more excessive implementation of the existing discriminatory bylaws,” Institute for Criminal Justice Reform (ICJR) executive director Supriyadi Widodo Eddyono said.

Supriyadi argued that local governments would most likely ignore the central government’s recommendations after the court’s ruling.

He took as an example the Aceh administration’s refusal to amend its Islamic criminal code bylaw, or Qanun Jinayat. The Home Ministry said in a letter sent to the Aceh government and the Aceh Provincial Legislative Council in 2014 that some of the laws in Qanun contradicted national laws.

But since the Aceh Governance Law said Qanun could only be repealed by a Supreme Court ruling, not the Home Ministry, the Aceh administration has never responded to the ministry’s letter, he said.

The Constitutional Court on Wednesday ruled in favor of the Indonesian Regency Administrations Association (Apkasi), 45 regencies nationwide and one individual, who submitted a request for a judicial review of the 2014 Regional Administration Law.

In its decision, the Constitutional Court annulled four provisions in Article 251, Paragraphs 2, 3, 4 and 8 of the law. These provisions principally allowed the central government to scrap problematic bylaws.

That said, a bylaw revocation can now only be filed to the Supreme Court, which is responsible for examining judicial reviews of regulations from a lower level than national law, such as bylaws, as outlined in the Constitution.

National Commission on Violence Against Women (Komnas Perempuan) chairman Azriana lamented the court’s ruling.

“The mechanism to scrap bylaws issued by the Home Ministry, if implemented effectively, is actually the most effective way to get rid of hundreds of discriminative bylaws across the country,” Azriana said.

Data from Komnas Perempuan reveals that from 2009 up to August 2016, a total of 421 discriminatory bylaws were issued by local governments, including those that regulate morality and restrict women’s control of their own bodies.

https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2017/04/10/ri-may-see-more-sharia-based-bylaws.html

The Buddhist guy himself preferred to follow Shariah. And Muslim liberals are losing their shyte.

 

[T-123456]

**** off.

Are you a Muslim? If not, then **** off.

If you are, your ancestors will be ashamed of assholes like you who regard their own culture and traditions as “7th century” while worship foreign colonizers as their cultural masters...you’d want your sister to wear bikini and suck random guys co*ck just so you can brag she’s “free” and “enlightened” just like white girls.

What a gutless c*ck you are

What do you know about Indonesian culture?
FYI,there was never Sharia law in Indonesia,dont act like you know everything,dont insult people,be respectful.

Sure. I'll keep that in mind when I browse some threads about China. What is this called by the way, the Pakistani Selective Syndrome?

You are good but forget about him getting it.

 

[Indos]

****, op clearly want to deny Pancasila and our constitution of UU 1945. Even many Aceh people migrate to Jakarta for better life.

If Pakistan want sharia, just implemented that in Pakistan as it fit you and your country name.

Shariah law can be implemented in Indonesia without denying Pancasila and UUD 45. UUD 45 itself can be changed if majority of MPR member agree (and some of them have been changed).

Shariah law implemented in Aceh (and Saudi/Iran etc) has so many flaw, I hope it can be fixed, for instant, we cannot force women to use hijab or people cannot be forced to close their shop during Jumat prayer etc under Shariah law that I understand. There should be freedom of expression as well just like happening in Madinah during prophet Muhammad period.