Indonesia's Aceh considers beheading as penalty for murder
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The conservative Indonesian province of Aceh known for publicly caning gays, adulterers and gamblers is considering the introduction of beheading as a punishment for murder.
The head of Aceh's Shariah Law and Human Rights Office, Syukri M. Yusuf, said Wednesday the provincial government has asked his office to research beheading as a method of execution in Islamic law.
He told reporters, "We would begin to draft the law when our academic research is completed."
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Yusuf said if Shariah law is consistently applied, then crime, particularly murder, will decrease significantly or disappear.
Aceh is the only province in Muslim-majority Indonesia to practice Shariah law, a concession made by the central government to end a long-running war for independence.