{"id":169612,"date":"2016-10-27T11:06:34","date_gmt":"2016-10-27T05:36:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=169612"},"modified":"2016-10-27T11:06:34","modified_gmt":"2016-10-27T05:36:34","slug":"men-who-imposed-islamic-shariah-law-and-lashed-woman-for-infidelity-remanded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/men-who-imposed-islamic-shariah-law-and-lashed-woman-for-infidelity-remanded\/","title":{"rendered":"Men Who Imposed Islamic Shariah Law And Lashed Woman For Infidelity Remanded"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"_5yl5\">Four Muslim men from Puttalam were remanded till November 2 by the Puttalam District Judge after they were arrested on charges that they had lashed a woman 100 times. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"_5yl5\">The men, had imposed the Islamic Shariah law themselves against the woman, on charges that she had committed infidelity. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"_5yl5\">The men had asked the 25 year old woman to come to a mosque in Nallandaluwa, Puttalam, and had beaten the woman, after accusing her of having an affair with a man. Subsequent to the incident, a complaint was lodged with the police who had then arrested the four men, and had produced them before the district judge. 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