Public segregation of opposite sex in Aceh


Authorities in Indonesia’s ultra-conservative Aceh province have ordered men and women not immediately related or married to stay apart in vehicles and public places, the local government said as it seeks to tighten Islamic law.

Aceh, located on the northern tip of Sumatra island, is the only province in the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country that imposes Islamic law.

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