Unmarried Couples Brutaly Flogged For Going On A Date

This is the moment three young couples were savagely whipped in public - after they violated Sharia law by going on dates.

This is the moment three young couples were savagely whipped in public - after they violated Sharia law by going on dates.
Harrowing pictures show one woman crying out as she is repeatedly lashed with a cane at Al Furqon Mosque in the city of Banda Aceh, Indonesia.

Separate images show a man standing as he received the same brutal punishment.

In total, three Acehnese couples were sentenced to receive public lashes for violating Sharia law in a brutal new crackdown in the region.

Under the law men and women, who are not spouses, are not allowed to get too close due to the 'khalwat' offence - and punishment is by public caning.

Aceh is the only province in the world's most populous Muslim-majority country that is allowed to implement Islamic Sharia law.

In September, pictures emerged of a woman being caned after she was accused of having sex while unmarried.
See video below.