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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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To: propertius
Worships a teapot ? Still saner and more rational than a Mohammadan any day of the week.
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posted on
03/04/2008 2:54:57 AM PST
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~~~Jihad Fever -- Catch It !~~~ (Backup tag: "Live Fred or Die"))
To: propertius
There has got to be more to this story, or is this just a
Tea-ser.
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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.)
To: propertius
bizarre cult built around a giant teapot. Is that more bizarre than a cult built around a dead schizophrenic pederast?
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posted on
03/04/2008 2:57:03 AM PST
by
Pontiac
(Your message here.)
To: fieldmarshaldj
Hey! We got American Idol and Paris Hilton!!
Come to your own conclusions.
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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!)
To: Americanexpat
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posted on
03/04/2008 2:58:37 AM PST
by
Jet Jaguar
(Who would the terrorists vote for?)
To: propertius
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posted on
03/04/2008 3:01:09 AM PST
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: Americanexpat
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posted on
03/04/2008 3:03:02 AM PST
by
Jet Jaguar
(Who would the terrorists vote for?)
To: djf
If you worship Paris Hilton, wouldn’t you technically be worshipping chlamydia ?
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posted on
03/04/2008 3:03:12 AM PST
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~~~Jihad Fever -- Catch It !~~~ (Backup tag: "Live Fred or Die"))
To: propertius
Well, I have been known to bow before Mr. Coffee in the morning...
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posted on
03/04/2008 3:04:47 AM PST
by
LRS
( MommaObama = Barack; MommaObamaMomma = Mrs Obama; MommaObamaMa=his ma;MommaObamaMama=grandma)
To: expatguy
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posted on
03/04/2008 3:05:50 AM PST
by
Jet Jaguar
(Who would the terrorists vote for?)
To: tet68
To: djf
Switching from Gaia to worshiping Obama is just as bad.
Goraphites will have their revenge soon enough.
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posted on
03/04/2008 3:07:29 AM PST
by
MaxMax
(I need a life after politics)
To: propertius
The teapot in question (this looks more like a Lewis Carroll theme park).
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posted on
03/04/2008 3:08:47 AM PST
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~~~Jihad Fever -- Catch It !~~~ (Backup tag: "Live Fred or Die"))
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.
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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!)
To: propertius
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posted on
03/04/2008 3:10:37 AM PST
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~~~Jihad Fever -- Catch It !~~~ (Backup tag: "Live Fred or Die"))
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). ;-)
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posted on
03/04/2008 3:12:45 AM PST
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~~~Jihad Fever -- Catch It !~~~ (Backup tag: "Live Fred or Die"))
To: fieldmarshaldj
To hell in a tea bag with her!
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posted on
03/04/2008 3:28:53 AM PST
by
Dr. Marten
(http://thehorsesmouth.blog-city.com)
To: propertius
This is my handle....this is my spout
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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)
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?
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