Indonesia - Life no better with Islamic law, survey finds
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Most Indonesians support the enactment of Sharia bylaws - even though they acknowledge that ordinances already in place in several districts have failed to improve social welfare, a new survey has found.
"People's welfare remains the same as it was before the sharia bylaws were enforced," said the survey.
The survey's findings were discussed in a workshop in Cisarua, Bogor, West Java, on Thursday.
Some regions have enacted sharia bylaws despite warnings that the legislation deprives women and non-Muslims of their civil rights.
In cooperation with Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, the research was conducted by the Centre for the Study of Religion and Culture (CSRC) under Jakarta's State Islamic University in six Indonesian districts.
The districts are Bireun in Aceh, Tasikmalaya and Indramayu in West Java, Bulukumba in South Sulawesi, Bima in West Nusa Tenggara, and Tangerang in Banten province. Each had implemented sharia-inspired ordinances between August 2006 and October 2007.
A total 44.5 percent of Muslims surveyed said the bylaws did not improve the economy of regional populations, as it had been intended to. The study involved 1,000 respondents including 200 non-Muslims.
"In Bireun, the tourist sector has been drastically declining after the local authorities enforced caning punishments for adultery and alcoholism," CSRC researcher Syukran Kamil said.
Some 27.7 percent of the Bireun respondents said their economy had worsened, but 26.4 percent said their welfare had improved thanks to the Sharia bylaws.
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