Brunei adopts sharia law, others in region consider it

comments     Stuart Grudgings, Reuters     Published     Updated

The sultanate of Brunei this week becomes the first east Asian country to introduce Islamic criminal law, the latest example of a deepening religious conservatism that has also taken root in parts of neighbouring Malaysia and Indonesia.

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