LIPPO CIKARANG - As we all know, many Indonesians like to have a beer or some other alcohol sometimes. And why not? It is their right to choose whether they want to have a nice cold beer, a cocktail or some other drink containing alcohol. Even if they are Muslim because it is not up to a state or institution to decide whether people from a certain religion can not drink alcohol.
In Malaysia however, things are quite different. The country has two legal systems, the sharia court for religious offences by Muslems and a civil court for non-Muslems and bigger cases. Drinking a beer is seen as a religious offence for Muslems, hence the sentence of six strokes of the cane and a fine of 5.000 Malaysian Ringgit (some 1.000 euro).
A religious court in Malaysia has sentenced a tearful Singaporean Muslim model to six strokes of the cane after she drank beer in a nightclub, reports said Tuesday. Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno, 32, pleaded guilty to consuming alcohol at a hotel nightclub in the eastern state of Pahang last year, the New Straits Times newspaper reported.
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LIPPO CIKARANG - As we all know, many Indonesians like to have a beer or some other alcohol sometimes. And why not? It is their right to choose whether they want to have a nice cold beer, a cocktail or some other drink containing alcohol. Even if they are Muslim because it is not up to a state or institution to decide whether people from a certain religion can not drink alcohol.
