Brunei's Sultan has assured the world that Brunei is a "fair and happy nation" where visitors can bring home a "sweet experience" thanks to Islamic Ideology, despite facing international criticism for a set of Sharia laws which will punish sodomy, adultery and rape with the death penalty, including by stoning, and theft with amputation.<br /><br />The speech given by Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah to commemorate an Islamic holiday on Wednesday did not make any reference to the Sharia laws, implemented on the same day.
