Qanun Jinayat of Aceh, Indonesia

Abstract

The Qanun Jinayat in Aceh bears certain similarities to the developments in Malaysia. Yet a point of difference between them is that unlike Malaysia, which is a federal state, Indonesia is a centralised administration, and only Aceh has been granted a special autonomous status. The constitution of Indonesia 1945 also states that Indonesia is a secular state, but the national parliament in Jakarta in 2003 passed legislation that allowed shariah to be implemented in Aceh.