{"id":3615,"date":"2014-03-06T08:04:26","date_gmt":"2014-03-06T16:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=3615"},"modified":"2025-01-11T03:55:44","modified_gmt":"2025-01-11T08:55:44","slug":"brunei-sultan-urges-country-to-support-islamic-law-says-outsiders-should-respect-the-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/03\/06\/brunei-sultan-urges-country-to-support-islamic-law-says-outsiders-should-respect-the-decision\/","title":{"rendered":"Brunei sultan urges country to support Islamic law, says outsiders should respect the decision"},"content":{"rendered":"
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BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN – Brunei’s ruling sultan on Thursday hit back at foreign criticism of the looming implementation of a form of Islamic Shariah law that includes harsh penalties, saying the new penal code was a “great achievement” for the country.<\/p>\n

Starting in April, the tiny Southeast Asian nation will begin phasing in a version of Shariah that allows for penalties such as amputation for theft and stoning for adultery. Under limited circumstances, punishments can be applied to non-Muslims in the oil-rich country, according to those who have seen the law.<\/p>\n

Public criticism of the government is extremely rare in the country, but some citizens have turned to the Internet to express alarm at the law. Around one-third of Brunei’s 440,000 people are non-Muslims, mostly Christian or Buddhist Chinese.<\/p>\n

Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah told legislators Thursday that all races should unite and support the laws, which he said were a “great achievement for the country, and not a backward or old-fashioned step.<\/p>\n

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The plans have alarmed international human rights groups, but Bolkiah said “people outside of Brunei should respect us in the same way that we respect them.”<\/p>\n

Brunei is a conservative country where alcohol is banned and Muslim courts already govern family affairs.<\/p>\n

Officials have said that punishments under the new laws will not be carried out until around 2017.<\/p>\n

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Muslims in next door Malaysia are subject to a limited form of Islamic law that doesn’t include amputation or capital punishment, as does Aceh province on the western tip of Indonesia.<\/p>\n

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In general, the interpretation and practice of Islam in Southeast Asia is more liberal than in parts of the Middle East and South Asia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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