Hairy Times in Aceh: Banda Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia

By Barrie | December 22nd, 2006 | No Comments

Although a lot of people disagree with Sharia law, it does have its good points. However, after reading an article yesterday where two men were arrested for having their hair cut by women is a tad over the top. So, I guess opening a western-style uni-sex salon in Aceh is out of the question!.

Aceh police raid beauty parlor; men arrested for receiving haircuts from women

Enforcing Islamic law, Indonesian police raided a dozen beauty parlors and arrested 13 beauticians for failing to wear Islamic attire and two male customers for having their hair cut by women, police said Thursday.

Police chief Bahagia Hadi said raids on beauty parlors would be intensified in the Indonesian province of Aceh because such places were often found to be used for prostitution.

Bahagia said police found used condoms during a raid Wednesday in one of the parlors in the capital of the tsunami-ravaged province, Banda Aceh.

The 13 female parlor workers were arrested because they wore tight shirts and jeans but no head scarves, while the two men should have known that Islamic Sharia law states they can only receive haircuts from male hairdressers, he said.

All were released after being admonished by the Sharia Agency, he said.

Aceh implemented a version of Sharia law in 2001 under a special autonomy package offered by the government to defuse years of sectarian conflict in Indonesia’s north western-most province.

Source: Jakarta Post