Court rejects push to outlaw extramarital and gay sex

By Jewel Topsfield
Updated December 14 2017 - 6:38pm, first published 6:34pm
BANDA ACEH, INDONESIA - APRIL 18: Muhammad Taufik, along with another Acehnese man arrested for gay sex, is whipped in public for violating sharia law on May 23, 2017 in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. A sharia court on May 17 sentenced two men to be publicly caned for gay sex for the first time in Indonesia's conservative province of Aceh, the latest sign of a backlash against homosexuals in the Muslim-majority country. Two men received 85 lashes each. Jefri Tarigan
BANDA ACEH, INDONESIA - APRIL 18: Muhammad Taufik, along with another Acehnese man arrested for gay sex, is whipped in public for violating sharia law on May 23, 2017 in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. A sharia court on May 17 sentenced two men to be publicly caned for gay sex for the first time in Indonesia's conservative province of Aceh, the latest sign of a backlash against homosexuals in the Muslim-majority country. Two men received 85 lashes each. Jefri Tarigan

Jakarta: Indonesia's Constitutional Court has narrowly rejected a petition to outlaw extramarital and gay sex after more than a year of fierce debate.

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