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Woman jailed for bizarre faith (two years for worshipping giant teapot in Muslim Malaya)
The Windsor Star ^ | March 4, 2008 | Reuters

Posted on 03/04/2008 2:51:44 AM PST by propertius

KUALA LUMPUR - A Malaysian court jailed on Monday a woman follower of a bizarre cult centred around a giant teapot for declaring herself an apostate while still a Muslim.

Apostasy -- deserting one's religion -- is a criminal offence in mainly Muslim Malaysia, whose state religion is Islam but which tolerates other major religions.

An Islamic court in the northeastern state of Terengganu sentenced Kamariah Ali, a 57-year-old former teacher, to two years in jail after she was found guilty of apostasy and refused to repent.

"What she did was not within the concept of freedom of religion," the news agency Bernama quoted judge Mohamad Abdullah as saying.

Kamariah, a widow with four children, was arrested in 2005 along with 57 other followers of the bizarre cult built around a giant teapot.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cult; dncfalseprophets; freepun; islam; malaysia; teapot
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1 posted on 03/04/2008 2:51:49 AM PST by propertius
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To: propertius

Worships a teapot ? Still saner and more rational than a Mohammadan any day of the week.


2 posted on 03/04/2008 2:54:57 AM PST by fieldmarshaldj (~~~Jihad Fever -- Catch It !~~~ (Backup tag: "Live Fred or Die"))
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To: propertius

There has got to be more to this story, or is this just a
Tea-ser.


3 posted on 03/04/2008 2:55:37 AM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: propertius
bizarre cult built around a giant teapot.

Is that more bizarre than a cult built around a dead schizophrenic pederast?

4 posted on 03/04/2008 2:57:03 AM PST by Pontiac (Your message here.)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

Hey! We got American Idol and Paris Hilton!!

Come to your own conclusions.


5 posted on 03/04/2008 2:57:57 AM PST by djf (Talk to me too long, and you'll go insane! I know, I tried!)
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To: Americanexpat

ping.


6 posted on 03/04/2008 2:58:37 AM PST by Jet Jaguar (Who would the terrorists vote for?)
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To: propertius

7 posted on 03/04/2008 3:01:09 AM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: Americanexpat

Sorry. Wrong list.


8 posted on 03/04/2008 3:03:02 AM PST by Jet Jaguar (Who would the terrorists vote for?)
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To: djf

If you worship Paris Hilton, wouldn’t you technically be worshipping chlamydia ?


9 posted on 03/04/2008 3:03:12 AM PST by fieldmarshaldj (~~~Jihad Fever -- Catch It !~~~ (Backup tag: "Live Fred or Die"))
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To: propertius

Well, I have been known to bow before Mr. Coffee in the morning...


10 posted on 03/04/2008 3:04:47 AM PST by LRS ( MommaObama = Barack; MommaObamaMomma = Mrs Obama; MommaObamaMa=his ma;MommaObamaMama=grandma)
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To: expatguy

ping


11 posted on 03/04/2008 3:05:50 AM PST by Jet Jaguar (Who would the terrorists vote for?)
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To: tet68

Don’t tease me bro.


12 posted on 03/04/2008 3:06:25 AM PST by HEY4QDEMS
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To: djf
Switching from Gaia to worshiping Obama is just as bad.
Goraphites will have their revenge soon enough.
13 posted on 03/04/2008 3:07:29 AM PST by MaxMax (I need a life after politics)
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To: propertius

The teapot in question (this looks more like a Lewis Carroll theme park).

14 posted on 03/04/2008 3:08:47 AM PST by fieldmarshaldj (~~~Jihad Fever -- Catch It !~~~ (Backup tag: "Live Fred or Die"))
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To: fieldmarshaldj

In fact I have a healthy respect for bacteria.
Paris is another story.

Sadly, as I get older, I am more and more convinced that things are pretty much random. Or at least that the weasels who lie and cheat and beat and connive end up way better than people who simply and humbly try to find honest answers.

Whatever is going on, I seem to have no conception or influence.


15 posted on 03/04/2008 3:10:34 AM PST by djf (Talk to me too long, and you'll go insane! I know, I tried!)
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To: propertius

From 2005:

Dhimmi Watch

“Islam humiliated by giant teapot”

http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/006432.php


16 posted on 03/04/2008 3:10:37 AM PST by fieldmarshaldj (~~~Jihad Fever -- Catch It !~~~ (Backup tag: "Live Fred or Die"))
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To: djf

Yup. It’s gonna really suck if it turns out it didn’t matter if we were supposed to lie, cheat, and steal to get what we wanted... (’cuz I woulda done a lot more of that). ;-)


17 posted on 03/04/2008 3:12:45 AM PST by fieldmarshaldj (~~~Jihad Fever -- Catch It !~~~ (Backup tag: "Live Fred or Die"))
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To: fieldmarshaldj

To hell in a tea bag with her!


18 posted on 03/04/2008 3:28:53 AM PST by Dr. Marten (http://thehorsesmouth.blog-city.com)
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To: propertius
This is my handle....this is my spout


19 posted on 03/04/2008 3:34:58 AM PST by Vaquero (" an armed society is a polite society" Heinlein "MOLON LABE!" Leonidas of Sparta)
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To: propertius
Apostasy -- deserting one's religion -- is a criminal offence in mainly Muslim Malaysia, whose state religion is Islam but which tolerates other major religions.

No. It isn't a crime in Malaysia to desert your religion UNLESS you are a Muslim. And how can the article say Malaysia has respect for those other religions when you are not allowed to leave Islam?

20 posted on 03/04/2008 4:04:51 AM PST by agere_contra
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