Woman jailed for tea-pot worshipping

[Mike]

Woman jailed for tea-pot worshipping

A woman has been jailed in Malaysia for joining a "tea-pot worshipping" cult.

Kamariah Ali, a 57 year old former teacher, was arrested in 2005 when the government of the Muslim majority country demolished the two storey high sacred tea pot of the Sky Kingdom cult.

For the sect, which emphasised ecumenical dialogue between religions, the tea pot symbolized the purity of water and "love pouring from heaven".

But in Malaysia, despite constitutional guarantees of freedom of worship, born Muslims such as Mrs Ali are forbidden from converting to other religions.

Passing sentence, the Sharia judge Mohammed Abdullah said: "The court is not convinced that the accused has repented and is willing to abandon any teachings contrary to Islam. I pray God will open the doors of your heart, Kamariah."

Mrs Ali has already been jailed once for apostasy, for 20 months in 1992.

"This has to stop. They can?t be sending her again and again to prison for this," her lawyer, Sa'adiah Din, told reporters.

"She informed the court that she is not a Muslim. She doesn't come under Sharia court anymore."



How strange

[Waldo]

And hasn't there been some discussion about introducing Sharia law here? For a nation that universally worships the tea pot at all hours of the day, that could be a real problem!!

[Mike]

I think the teapot thing could really catch on the UK. Especially with the old dears

[InLove]

Originally Posted by Mike

I think the teapot thing could really catch on the UK. Especially with the old dears

I think a lot of them already do!

[Nutty_ZA]

Personally, I think you are all just POTTY