BANDA ACEH, Indonesia—Devastated a decade ago by the Indian Ocean tsunami, the Indonesian province of Aceh has turned in its recovery to religion and strict Shariah law. Many Acehnese say the ...

Verses from the Quran were recited by the children echoed from the loudspeaker of a white mosque located near the coast of Lampuuk in Lhoknga district of Aceh province in Indonesia's western ...

Banda Aceh was the final stopping-off point for many Asian pilgrims before they sailed to Arabia to perform hajj, and it became known as the "Doorway to Mecca". The Baiturrahman Grand Mosque is ...

In provincial capital Banda Aceh's Baiturrahman Grand Mosque, relatives of the dead huddled under tents to pray for their loved ones. Some repeated the widely held view in the province that the ...

"For me, it was going to pray," she said. Baiturrahman Grand Mosque, Banda Aceh (Indonesia), June 2, 2023. ATIKAH ZATA AMANI FOR LE MONDE The Baiturrahman Grand Mosque, spared by the waves ...

Hundreds of people gathered to pray at the Baiturrahman Mosque in downtown Banda Aceh. Sirens sounded across the city for three minutes to mark the time of the earthquake. In the years since 2004 ...

Residents point to the fact that only Banda Aceh's mosque was left standing after the deadly wave. All the more reason to apply Koranic law strictly when rebuilding the province.

A mosque’s dome in Gurah village, Aceh, drawing visitors. It was carried by tsunami waves about 2.5km from its original location in Lam Teungoh village. ST PHOTO: DESMOND FOO At the time of the ...

and the tsunami debris at the Rahmatullah Mosque in Lampuuk. Second, monuments intentionally designed and constructed as new buildings after the tsunami, such as the Aceh Tsunami Museum and the ...

A member of Indonesia's Sharia police (R) whips a man (L) accused of having gay sex during a public caning ceremony outside a mosque in Banda Aceh, capital of Aceh province, on July 13 ...

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And conservative strains of Islam have spread here in recent years, with one province, Aceh, having enforced Shariah law for nearly a decade. In dozens of cities, young girls are pressured ...