COMMISSIONS: Sharia Law in post-tsunami Aceh, Indonesia: aceh015

Sharia Police, or the morality police, out on patrol along the jetty in Ulele, just outside of Banda Aceh, on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009. They look for young couples sitting too close together or wearing tight-fitting clothing not appropriate for life under Islamic Law. Banda Aceh enforces a moderate form of Islamic Law. In 2003, the provincial government of Aceh Province implemented a moderate form of sharia law on conduct and dress in their effort to reclaim Aceh as the Islamic capital of SE Asia.

Sharia Police, or the morality police, out on patrol along the jetty in Ulele, just outside of Banda Aceh, on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009. They look for young couples sitting too close together or wearing tight-fitting clothing not appropriate for life under Islamic Law. Banda Aceh enforces a moderate form of Islamic Law. In 2003, the provincial government of Aceh Province implemented a moderate form of sharia law on conduct and dress in their effort to reclaim Aceh as the Islamic capital of SE Asia.