Brunei becomes first east-Asian country to adopt Sharia

[JURIST] Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah [BBC profile] proclaimed the enactment [press release] of Sharia [CFR backgrounder] in the country on Wednesday. The law will operate alongside [CNN report] Brunei's civil code, which Bolkiah explained to mean that Brunei "will have two criminal justice systems working hand in hand." Amnesty International (AI) [advocacy website] has condemned the adoption of the religious law [press release], claiming that it will promote "cruel and inhuman punishments" such as stoning, whipping and amputation. The UN...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2014/05/brunei-becomes-first-east-asian-country-to-adopt-sharia.php

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