Brunei to Intro Stricter Sharia


By Joseph DeCaro, Worthy News Correspondent

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, BRUNEI (Worthy News)– The  Sultan of Brunei has announced the implementation of severe corporeal punishments as his sultanate shifts towards a stricter interpretation of Sharia law, according to The Standard.

Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah — who first instituted Islamic law in 1966 — said a new Sharia Penal Code would soon be implemented in phases; punishments will now include stoning to death for adultery, severing of limbs for theft and flogging for the consumption of alcohol.

Currently, Brunei has a dual court system with civil courts based on British law and Sharia courts that were limited to family issues and personal disputes.

More than half of Brunei’s population is Muslim.

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