Grup Kagum, sebuah perusahaan manajemen perhotelan di Indonesia, sangat ingin untuk mengembangkan sektor pariwisata syariah dengan mendirikan serangkaian hotel syariah di seluruh Indonesia. Hotel-hotel syariah adalah hotel-hotel yang mengikuti prinsip Islam seperti menawarkan kolom renang indoor yang terpisah (dan tidak dapat dilihat oleh orang luar) untuk laki-laki dan perempuan atau menyajikan makanan dan minumam halal (tidak menyediakan daging babi dan minuman beralkohol). Melalui hotel-hotel yang mengikuti aturan syariah, grup ini menarget untuk menyambut lebih banyak turis dari Timur Tengah.

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Indonesian President Joko Widodo stated during the launch of the “I Love Sharia Finance Program” that Indonesia should become the global center for Islamic finance (also known as sharia banking). The program, initiated by the country’s Financial Services Authority (OJK), was launched in Jakarta on Sunday (14/06). Islamic finance is a form of banking or banking activity that is consistent with the principles of sharia (Islamic law). In recent years, the global market for sharia-compliant financial instruments has risen robustly.

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A total of 13 Indonesians were caned (a punishment under the Islamic Sharia law) at a local mosque in Banda Aceh in Indonesia's province of Aceh on Monday (17/10). These people (seven men and six women) allegedly exhibited behavior that is not allowed by Aceh's local Sharia law. Such behavior includes "too close contact" between unmarried people (such as touching and kissing). Over the past two days pictures of the caning spread in international media, accompanied by concerns about this brutal punishment and the state of human rights in Indonesia.

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The Regional Investment Coordinating Board said that Aceh (Sumatra), known for its strong Islamic identity, expects to receive IDR 5 trillion (USD $438.6 million) in foreign and domestic investment in 2014. In the first quarter of 2014, Indonesia's western-most province already saw IDR 2 trillion (USD $175.4 million) worth of investments. Aceh, a resource-rich province (in particular oil and natural gas), is one of the more mysterious Indonesian provinces and has had to deal with considerable negative publicity throughout its modern history.

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