This article will discuss the impact of implementation of Sharia law in Aceh to
other provinces in Indonesia, including West Sumatera. Considering the development of
various regional regulations in West Sumatra, there are some things that need to be noted.
First, the desire to make regional regulations consuisting sharia is more dominated by
the desires of certain political parties. It is not supported by other government agencies
in the form of existing local regulation follow-up even though the political party always
claims that the regulation is the desire of the wider community. Consequently, it is difficult
to reject the impression that the presence of these regulations is solely for the political
interests of parties, or the interests of heads of government. Second, the emergence of these
regulations is highly determined by the figures driving the emergence of these regulations.
So, when they are no longer in their positions, then the attention to the implementation
of these regulations is reduced or nonexistent. Third, there are differences of opinion or
understanding among regional leaders that overcoming the problem of poverty, problems
in education and the economy is far more important than just making sharia regulations.
As a result of the accumulation of these three things, the momentum of the emergence of
the need for sharia regulations often appears and then disappears and then reappears
following certain events in the community; like in the month of Ramadan or other Islamic
celebrations.
Keywords: Sharia Law, Implication of Sharia, Special Autonomy, Islamic Criminal Law