Despite global condemnation, Brunei implemented a slew of strict Sharia laws, including making gay sex and adultery punishable by stoning to death.
Defying the United Nations, rights groups and horrified critics the world over, Brunei says it’s pushing ahead with a slew of new Islamic laws that will make gay sex and adultery punishable by stoning to death, and amputation a penalty for theft.
The laws are part of a new Sharia penal code that was fully implemented on Wednesday.
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