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Unmarried couple
Coverage of Unmarried couple in the Nexus archive.
- Woman passes out after couple are lashed 100 times for having sex outside marriage under Indonesian province's Sharia law
A couple was publicly lashed 100 times in an Indonesian province for having sex outside of marriage under Sharia law. A woman present at the scene lost consciousness during the punishment. The incident highlights the strict enforcement of Islamic law in certain Indonesian regions.