More Photo Essays: Sharia Law in post-tsunami Aceh, Indonesia: aceh019

University students hang around the new jetty in Ulele, just outside of Banda Aceh, Indonesia, on Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010. This road is also wear the Sharia Police patrol for young people breaking Islamic laws of sitting to close to the opposite sex, other then family, and wearing tight clothing or appropriate head scarves. In 2003, the provincial government of Aceh Province implemented a moderate form of sharia law on conduct and dress in their effort to reclaim Aceh as the Islamic capital of SE Asia.

University students hang around the new jetty in Ulele, just outside of Banda Aceh, Indonesia, on Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010. This road is also wear the Sharia Police patrol for young people breaking Islamic laws of sitting to close to the opposite sex, other then family, and wearing tight clothing or appropriate head scarves. In 2003, the provincial government of Aceh Province implemented a moderate form of sharia law on conduct and dress in their effort to reclaim Aceh as the Islamic capital of SE Asia.