But it has strong support among Aceh's population. The region started using religious law after it was granted special autonomy in 2001, an attempt by the central government to quell a long-running ...

she said. While the province has long been known as the site of the world's deadliest tsunami and a decades-long separatist insurgency, Aceh's draw for visitors is often the coffee. The ...

He needs their support to pull Aceh from the one-two punch of the bloody insurgency and a devastating tsunami in 2004. "Imposing these draconian punishments on private, consensual conduct means ...