In predominantly-Muslim Malaysia, where drinking alcohol is forbidden, one woman will actually feel the punishment of such a law with six strokes of the cane and a fine of $1,400 for drinking beer in 2007 at a beach resort. Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno, a 32-year-old mother of two, will become the first Muslim woman to be caned in the country. Even if the sentence will most likely be "gentle" and symbolic, it raises the broader question of the role of Islam in the justice system and whether Islamic laws should intrude into people's private lives.
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