執行SHARIA LAW對於公共空間的安全感之衝擊--以印尼班達亞齊市為例

Abstract

In the past twelve years, Aceh government in Indonesia has taken serious action in regulating the society by injecting Islamic laws into the regional laws. By the way of operating these laws into the city, the local government not only put prohibition billboard around the cities, regulating dress codes and limited time access to the parks, but also hire Sharia polices to patrol cities for religiously undesirable behaviors in the public space. If the offenders get caught, they will be taken to the Islamic court and threaten by paying fine, caning, or even imprisoning. A previous research by Center for the Study of Religion and Culture(CSRC) and local media have begun raising the questions on the possible impact Sharia law has on the sense of safety in the public space. This research explores, in particular, the impact of Sharia law on the sense of safety among different social groups. The following research questions are identified: (1) what in public spaces make people feel safe and unsafe because of law impact? (2) does Sharia law affect the comfortableness of the people in the public space? (3) does Sharia law related control mechanisms change people’s behavior in the public space? (4) which group of people directly feel Sharia law impact on the sense of safety? Several methods for data collections are employed, including archival research, elite interviews, field observations and questionnaire to reveal both tangible and intangible factors that influence people’s feeling on the sense of safety in relationship to the Sharia law. The result from survey was analyzed by T-Test and one way analysis of variance (ANOVA) shows how social groups feel differently regarding the Sharia law related-control mechanisms. This research found that (1) male are dislike about the limited time access to the park at night then female；(2) unmarried people feel less comfortable about the dress code than married; (3) college students dislike Sharia police patrol than any other age groups. Overall, the control mechanisms also changed the way people behave in public space to be more acceptable to Muslim society.