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Aceh is the only province in Muslim-majority Indonesia to practise shariah law, a concession made by the central government in 2005 to end a decades-long war for independence.

From The Guardian • Mar. 14, 2018

Marawi, its full name being the Islamic City of Marawi, is part of an autonomous region of Mindanao that has its own government, with shariah law for Muslims and taxation separated from the state.

From The Guardian • Jun. 3, 2017

“Though it certainly has spiritual elements, it would be a mistake to think of shariah as a ‘religious’ code in the Western sense,” the report argued.

From Washington Post • Feb. 3, 2017